Streptococcus gordonii comCDE (competence) operon modulates biofilm formation with Candida albicans

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 411-421

  Jack, Alison A ^a   Daniels, Debbie E ^a   Jepson, Mark A ^a   Margaret Vickerman, M ^b   Lamont, Richard J ^c   Jenkinson, Howard F ^a   Nobbs, Angela H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; PROTEINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE PRODUCT; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; WILD TYPE; CANDIDIASIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; OPERON; QUORUM SENSING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

EID: 84964694660     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000010     Document Type: Article

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