Autoinducer 2-like activity in poultry-associated enteric bacteria in response to subtherapeutic antibiotic exposure

Avian Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 74-80

  Lu, Lingeng ^a   Hume, Michael E ^a,b   Pillai, Suresh D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AI 2 activity; Chicken cecum; Escherichia coli; Probiotic; Quorum sensing; Subtherapeutic; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 15244357078     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7212-05200R     Document Type: Article

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