Autoinducer 2 production by streptococcus Gordonii DL1 and the biofilm phenotype of a luxS mutant are influenced by nutritional conditions

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 4851-4860

  Blehert, David S ^a   Palmer Jr , Robert J ^a   Xavier, Joao B ^b   Almeida, Jonas S ^c   Kolenbrander, Paul E ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOINDUCER 2 SYNTHASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENAMEL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LUXS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SALIVA; SERUM; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; HUMANS; LACTONES; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANKTON; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

EID: 0042561800     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.16.4851-4860.2003     Document Type: Article

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