A genotypic analysis of five P. aeruginosa strains after biofilm infection by phages targeting different cell surface receptors

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue JUN, 2017, Pages

  Pires, Diana P ^a   Dötsch, Andreas ^b   Anderson, Erin M ^c   Hao, Youai ^c   Khursigara, Cezar M ^c   Lam, Joseph S ^c   Sillankorva, Sanna ^a   Azeredo, Joana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial resistance; Bacteriophages; Biofilms; P. aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANKTON; PLAQUE FORMING CELL ASSAY; POINT MUTATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 85021760043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01229     Document Type: Article

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