Possible quorum sensing in the rumen microbial community: Detection of quorum-sensing signal molecules from rumen bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-52

  Mitsumori, Makoto ^a   Xu, Liming ^a,b   Kajikawa, Hiroshi ^a   Kurihara, Mitsunori ^a   Tajima, Kiyoshi ^a   Hai, Jin ^a   Takenaka, Akio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoinducer 2 activity; luxS gene; Quorum sensing system; Rumen bacterium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOASSAY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BUTYRIVIBRIO FIBRISOLVENS; COW; EUBACTERIUM; EUBACTERIUM RUMINANTIUM; LIQUID CULTURE; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVOTELLA RUMINICOLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMEN MICROORGANISM; RUMINANT STOMACH; RUMINOCOCCUS; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUCCIMONAS AMYLOLYTICA; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUTYRIVIBRIO FIBRISOLVENS; EUBACTERIUM RUMINANTIUM; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS; SUCCINIMONAS AMYLOLYTICA; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 0037436132     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01192-8     Document Type: Article

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