Roles of curli, cellulose and BapA in <it>Salmonella </it>biofilm morphology studied by atomic force microscopy

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Curli, cellulose and the cell surface protein BapA are matrix components in <it>Salmonella </it>biofilms. In this study we have investigated the roles of these components for the morphology of bacteria grown as colonies o...

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Main Authors: Kader Abdul, Tomenius Henrik, Jonas Kristina, Normark Staffan, Römling Ute, Belova Lyubov M, Melefors Öjar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-07-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/7/70