Glycerol metabolism promotes biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 704-710

  Scoffield, Jessica ^a   Silo Suh, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Glycerol; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CONGO RED; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUCCINIC ACID; VIRULENCE FACTOR; CHOLINE;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILM; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; UPREGULATION; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BIOFILMS; CHOLINE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84982962146     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2016-0119     Document Type: Article

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