Campylobacter jejuni biofilms contain extracellular DNA and are sensitive to DNase I treatment

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue JUL, 2015, Pages

  Brown, Helen L ^a,b   Hanman, Kate ^a   Reuter, Mark ^a   Betts, Roy P ^c   van Vliet, Arnoud H M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CAMPDEN BRI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Biofilm; Campylobacter jejuni; Extracellular DNA; Extracellular matrix; Food safety

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CRYSTAL VIOLET; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GENOMIC DNA; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BIOFILM; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD CHAIN; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 84938871119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00699     Document Type: Article

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