Control of Escherichia coli growth rate through cell density

Microbiological Research

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 257-265

  Carbonell, Xavier ^c   Corchero, José Luis ^d   Cubarsí, Rafael ^b   Vila, Pau ^a   Villaverde, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INOVA DIAGNOSTICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoinducer; Cell density; Escherichia coli; Growth rate; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0036452873     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-5013-00167     Document Type: Article

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