The impact of mutations in the quorum sensing systems of Aeromonas hydrophila, Vibrio anguillarum and Vibrio harveyi on their virulence towards gnotobiotically cultured Artemia franciscana

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1239-1247

  Defoirdt, Tom ^a   Bossier, Peter ^a   Sorgeloos, Patrick ^a   Verstraete, Willy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; LUXS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LYASE; N OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N-OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ARTEMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; GERM-FREE LIFE; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA FRANCISCANA; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 22744438870     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00807.x     Document Type: Article

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