Quorum sensing and swarming migration in bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 261-289

  Daniels, Ruth ^a   Vanderleyden, Jos ^a   Michiels, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AI 2; N acyl homoserine lactone; Population density dependent; Quorum sensing; Surface translocation; Swarming

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOSURFACTANT; FURANONE DERIVATIVE; GLYCOLIPID; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; LIPOPEPTIDE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PIPERAZINEDIONE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN LUXI; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SYNTHETASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROMONAS; AZOSPIRILLUM; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DENSITY DEPENDENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SALMONELLA; SERRATIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO; YERSINIA;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOLIPIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PLANTS; PSEUDOMONAS; SERRATIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 2642521870     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsre.2003.09.004     Document Type: Review

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