Microanatomy at cellular resolution and spatial order of physiological differentiation in a bacterial biofilm

mBio

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Serra, Diego O ^a   Richter, Anja M ^a   Klauck, Gisela ^a   Mika, Franziska ^a   Hengge, Regine ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMYLOID; CSGD PROTEIN; CURLI PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC DI GMP; CYCLIC GMP DERIVATIVE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLAGELLUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84880041972     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00103-13     Document Type: Article

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