Biofilm formation by the fish pathogen flavobacterium columnare: Development and parameters affecting surface attachment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 5633-5642

  Cai, Wenlong ^a   De La Fuente, Leonardo ^a   Arias, Covadonga R ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; MICROFLUIDIC CHAMBERS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SURFACE COLONIZATION; VIRULENCE POTENTIAL;

AQUACULTURE; FISH; HARDNESS; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

BIOFILMS;

AQUACULTURE; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; FISH CULTURE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INOCULATION; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYSACCHARIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; DRUG EFFECT; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ICTALURIDAE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SALINITY; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ICTALURIDAE; MICROSCOPY; SALINITY; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84884273423     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01192-13     Document Type: Article

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