Cell-cell influences on bacterial community development in aquatic biofilmst

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 8987-8990

  McLean, Robert J C ^a   Barnes, Mary B ^b   Windham, M Katy ^c   Merchant, Mubina ^a,e   Forstner, Michael R J ^a   Fuqua, Clay ^d  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

^b TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e QIAGEN Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CELLS; LAKES; MOLECULES;

ABIOTIC CONTROLS; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; CELL-CELL INFLUENCES; LACTONES;

BACTERIA;

HOMOSERINE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACYLATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; CHROMOBACTERIUM; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; LAKE; NONHUMAN; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

BIOFILMS; CHROMOBACTERIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FRESH WATER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMOBACTERIUM; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM;

EID: 29144436433     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.8987-8990.2005     Document Type: Article

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