Lead Precipitation by Vibrio harveyi: Evidence for Novel Quorum-Sensing Interactions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 855-864

  Mire, Chad E ^a,b   Tourjee, Jeanette A ^a,c   O'Brien, William F ^a,d   Ramanujachary, Kandalam V ^a   Hecht, Gregory B ^a  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Medical Diagnostic Laboratories   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; MICROBIOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PURIFICATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CROSS-SPECIES COMMUNICATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALS; NOVEL QUORUM-SENSING INTERACTIONS;

LEAD;

LEAD; PHOSPHATE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSENSOR; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL POPULATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; KAN GENE; LEAD PRECIPITATION; LEAD RESISTANCE; LUXO GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRECIPITATION; QUORUM SENSING; REACTION ANALYSIS; VIBRIO HARVEYI; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LEAD; PRECIPITATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 2342621394     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.2.855-864.2004     Document Type: Article

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