Genetic and phenotypic diversity of quorum-sensing systems in clinical and environmental isolates of Vibrio cholerae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1141-1147

  Joelsson, Adam ^a   Liu, Zhi ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEAWATER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 31844439534     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.2.1141-1147.2006     Document Type: Article

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