Disruption of bacterial quorum sensing by other organisms

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 234-237

  Bauer, Wolfgang D ^a   Robinson, Jayne B ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIUM; BIOSENSOR; HIGHER PLANT; MEDICINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0036624829     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(02)00310-5     Document Type: Review

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