Toward an understanding of microbial communities through analysis of communication networks

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 565-574

  Dunn, Anne K ^a   Handelsman, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Gene induction; Microbial community; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COMMUNICATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; EXPERIMENTATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPECIES; SPECIES HABITAT;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OOMYCETES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036422783     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020565807627     Document Type: Article

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