Regulation of biofilm formation in Pseudomonas and Burkholderia species

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1961-1981

  Fazli, Mustafa ^a,b,c   Almblad, Henrik ^a   Rybtke, Morten Levin ^a   Givskov, Michael ^a,d   Eberl, Leo ^e   Tolker Nielsen, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLIC GMP; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; CYCLIC GMP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; QUORUM SENSING; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84903692703     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12448     Document Type: Review

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