In vitro and in vivo generation and characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm-dispersed cells via c-di-GMP manipulation

Nature Protocols

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1165-1180

  Chua, Song Lin ^a   Hultqvist, Louise D ^b   Yuan, Mingjun ^c   Rybtke, Morten ^c   Nielsen, Thomas E ^c   Givskov, Michael ^c   Tolker Nielsen, Tim ^c   Yang, Liang ^a,d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BIS(3',5') CYCLIC DIMERIC GUANOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; CYCLIC GMP; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; CYCLIC GMP; FEMALE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84937950860     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2015.067     Document Type: Article

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