Holdfast spreading and thickening during Caulobacter crescentus attachment to surfaces

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Li, Guanglai ^a   Brun, Yves V ^b   Tang, Jay X ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Bioadhesives; Biofilms; Biofouling; Caulobacter; Differentiation

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL AGING; CELL SIZE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; THICKNESS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 84879039741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-139     Document Type: Article

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