Establishing a role for bacterial cellulose in environmental interactions: Lessons learned from diverse biofilm-producing Proteobacteria

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue NOV, 2015, Pages

  Augimeri, Richard V ^a   Varley, Andrew J ^a   Strap, Janice L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal bacteria interactions; Bacterial cellulose; Biofilms; C di GMP; Ecophysiology; Fungal bacteria interactions; Komagataeibacter (Gluconacetobacter) xylinus; Plant bacteria interactions

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CELLULOSE; CYCLIC GMP; GIBBERELLIC ACID; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HEMICELLULOSE; INDOLEACETIC ACID; LIGNIN; PECTIN; PHYTOHORMONE; ZEATIN;

ACIDIFICATION; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; PLANT ROOT; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SYMBIONT;

EID: 84949759612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01282     Document Type: Review

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