title: Microbiology. Chitin, cholera, and competence.
authors.affiliation: Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0202, USA. dbartlett@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Douglas H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.forename: Farooq
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Azam
mesh_terms: D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development; D002686:Chitin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D014644:Genetic Variation; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial; D014733:Vibrio / Q000235:genetics; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology; D014774:Virulence; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D002686:Chitin