Rapid acyl-homoserine lactone quorum signal biodegradation in diverse soils

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1291-1299

  Wang, Ya Juan ^a   Leadbetter, Jared Renton ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CELLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; HEATING; IRRADIATION; PROTEINS; REACTION KINETICS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

ACYL-HOMOSERINE LACTONE (ACYL-HSL); MINERALIZATION; SIGNAL DEGRADATION;

ENZYME INHIBITION;

ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE LACTONASE; CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEXANOYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE; HYDROLASE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

SIGNALING;

ACCURACY; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEATING; IRRADIATION; ISOPTERA; ISOTOPE LABELING; KLEBSIELLA; MINERALIZATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; QUORUM SENSING; RELIGION; RHIZOBIUM; SENSOR; SIGN LANGUAGE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOIL; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNITED STATES;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOPTERA; KINETICS; MINERALS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PROTEOBACTERIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ISOPTERA;

EID: 15444367621     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.3.1291-1299.2005     Document Type: Article

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