Giving structure to the biofilm matrix: An overview of individual strategies and emerging common themes

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 649-669

  Hobley, Laura ^a   Harkins, Catriona ^a   MacPhee, Cait E ^b   Stanley Wall, Nicola R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibres; Bacillus subtilis; Biofilm matrix assembly; Biophysics; Escherichia coli; Hydrophobin; Staphylococcus aureus; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CELLULOSE;

ADSORPTION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOPHYSICS; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL ADHESION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; GENE CONTROL; HYDROGEN BOND; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT GROWTH; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; CELLULOSE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLAGELLA; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84940114883     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuv015     Document Type: Review

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