Knockout of extracytoplasmic function sigma factor ECF-10 affects stress resistance and biofilm formation in Pseudomonas putida KT2440

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 4911-4919

  Tettmann, Beatrix ^a   Dötsch, Andreas ^a   Armant, Olivier ^b   Fjell, Christopher D ^c   Overhage, Joerg ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTRACYTOPLASMIC FUNCTION; EXTRACYTOPLASMIC FUNCTION SIGMA FACTORS; MULTIDRUG EFFLUX PUMPS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR; TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS; TWO-COMPONENT REGULATORY SYSTEMS;

BACTERIA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOFILM; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SIGMA FACTOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84904862813     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01291-14     Document Type: Article

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