Production of acylated homoserine lactones by psychrotrophic members of the Enterobacteriaceae isolated from foods

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3458-3463

  Gram, Lone ^a   Christensen, Allan Beck ^a   Ravn, Lars ^a   Molin, SØren ^a   Givskov, Michael ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032812279     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.8.3458-3463.1999     Document Type: Article

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