Life after death: The critical role of extracellular DNA in microbial biofilms

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 467-475

  Jakubovics, N S ^a   Shields, R C ^a   Rajarajan, N ^b   Burgess, J G ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Deoxyribonuclease; Extracellular DNA; Genetic transformation; Nucleoprotein

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; ENZYMES; RNA; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; EXTRACELLULAR; EXTRACELLULAR DNA; EXTRACELLULAR ENVIRONMENTS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MACROMOLECULAR SCAFFOLDS; MICROBIAL BIOFILM; MICROBIAL CELLS; NEW FUNCTIONS; NUCLEOPROTEIN;

DNA;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; STREPTODORNASE PLUS STREPTOKINASE;

BIOFILM; DEGRADATION; DNA; ENZYME; LYSIS; SECRETION; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CONTACT; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CYTOLYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PH; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TEMPERATURE; TURNOVER TIME; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BIOFILM; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; EXTRACELLULAR DNA; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEOPROTEIN;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84887619091     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12134     Document Type: Article

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