Biofilm formation by enteric pathogens and its role in plant colonization and persistence

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 496-516

  Yaron, Sima ^a   Römling, Ute ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; LEAF SURFACE; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PLANT; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TISSUE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RALSTONIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SHORT SURVEY; SPINACH; TOMATO; BACTERIAL INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VEGETABLE;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; PLANTS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84911939182     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12186     Document Type: Short Survey

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