Identification of Listeria monocytogenes determinants required for biofilm formation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Alonso, Almaris N ^a,b,c   Perry, Kyle J ^a   Regeimbal, James M ^a   Regan, Patrick M ^b   Higgins, Darren E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DLTABCD GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOPR GENE; TRANSPOSON; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENETIC LOCI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PHOSPHATES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84919496575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113696     Document Type: Article

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