Production of an autoinducer of growth by norepinephrine cultured Escherichia coli O157:H7

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 155-159

  Lyte, Mark ^a   Frank, Cory D ^a   Green, Ben T ^a  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO   (United States)

Author keywords

autoinducer; bacterial growth; Escherichia coli; norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029941723     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00135-8     Document Type: Article

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