Role of type IV Pili in predation by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Chanyi, Ryan M ^a   Koval, Susan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PILT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FIMBRIA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM PILUS; BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; BIOASSAY; COCULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE FUNCTION; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PILT1 GENE; PILT2 GENE; PREDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; BIOFILM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIMBRIA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID;

BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

BDELLOVIBRIO; BIOFILMS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84918808648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113404     Document Type: Article

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