Intra- and inter-species interactions within biofilms of important foodborne bacterial pathogens

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue JUL, 2015, Pages

  Giaouris, Efstathios ^a   Heir, Even ^b   Desvaux, Mickaël ^c   Hébraud, Michel ^c   Møretrø, Trond ^b   Langsrud, Solveig ^b   Doulgeraki, Agapi ^d   Nychas, George John ^d   Kacániová, Miroslava ^e   Czaczyk, Katarzyna ^f   Ölmez, Hülya ^g   Simões, Manuel ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b NOFIMA   (Norway)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN NITRA   (Slovakia)

^f POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^g MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aggregation; biofilms; Communication; Competition; Cooperation; Foodborne pathogenic bacteria; Interactions

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; CELLULOSE; COPROPORPHYRIN; F FACTOR; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; FLAA PROTEIN; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; BACILLUS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL INTERACTION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FOOD PROCESSING; FOODBORNE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS; PATHOGENESIS; PROKARYOTES BY HABITAT; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84938922798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00841     Document Type: Review

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