The prevalence and origin of exoproteaseproducing cells in the Bacillus subtilis biofilm

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 160, Issue PART 1, 2014, Pages 56-66

  Marlow, Victoria L ^a   Cianfanelli, Francesca R ^a   Porter, Michael ^a   Cairns, Lynne S ^a   Kim Dale, J ^a   Stanley Wall, Nicola R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOPEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILMS; EXOPEPTIDASES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84891606334     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.072389-0     Document Type: Article

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