Enhancing pili assembly and biofilm formation in Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC19606 using non-native acyl-homoserine lactones

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Luo, Li Mei ^a   Wu, Li Juan ^a   Xiao, Yu Ling ^a   Zhao, Dan ^a   Chen, Zhi Xing ^a   Kang, Mei ^a   Zhang, Qi ^a   Xie, Yi ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. baumannii; Bacteria; Bacterial adhesion; Biofilm; Quorum sensing; Type IV pili

Indexed keywords

N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BFMR GENE; BFMS GENE; BIOFILM; CHAPERONE USHER SECRETION SYSTEM; COCULTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CSUA GENE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWITCHING MOTILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DRUG EFFECTS; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BIOFILMS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LOCOMOTION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84961290587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-015-0397-5     Document Type: Article

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