Detection of quorum sensing signals in the haloalkaliphilic archaeon Natronococcus occultus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-52

  Paggi, Roberto A ^a   Martone, Celina B ^a   Fuqua, Clay ^b   De Castro, Rosana E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeon; Autoinducer; Natronococcus occultus; Protease; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BACTERIAL ENZYME; PROTEINASE;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NATRONOCOCCUS; NATRONOCOCCUS OCCULTUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARCHAEA; NATRONOCOCCUS; NATRONOCOCCUS OCCULTUS;

EID: 0037432716     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00174-5     Document Type: Article

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