Identification of genes induced in Vibrio cholerae in a dynamic biofilm system

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 304, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 749-763

  Seper, Andrea ^a   Pressler, Katharina ^a   Kariisa, Ankunda ^b   Haid, Andrea G ^a   Roier, Sandro ^a   Leitner, Deborah R ^a   Reidl, Joachim ^a   Tamayo, Rita ^b   Schild, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; c di GMP; Cholera; Dynamic; Flow cell

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MATRIX PROTEIN;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CHEMOTAXIS; CHOLERA; FLAGELLUM; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; METABOLISM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BIOFILMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84903818857     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2014.05.011     Document Type: Article

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