Inhibitory effects of secondary metabolites from the red alga Delisea pulchra on swarming motility of Proteus mirabilis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4284-4287

  Gram, Lone ^a,b   De Nys, Rocky ^a   Maximilien, Ria ^a   Givskov, Michael ^b   Steinberg, Peter ^a   Kjelleberg, Staffan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FURANONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELISEA PULCHRA; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RED ALGA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DELISEA PULCHRA; MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0029805103     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.11.4284-4287.1996     Document Type: Article

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