The impact of the conjugative IncP-1 plasmid pKJK5 on multispecies biofilm formation is dependent on the plasmid host

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 344, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 186-192

  Røder, Henriette Lyng ^a   Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg ^a   Sørensen, Søren Johannes ^a   Burmølle, Mette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacterial community; Conjugation; Horizontal gene transfer; Multispecies biofilm; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOFILM; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; KLUYVERA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PLASMID PKJK5; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BIOFILMS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLUYVERA; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLUYVERA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 84879502087     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12175     Document Type: Article

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