Presence of acylated homoserine lactones (AHLs) and AHL-producing bacteria in meat and potential role of AHL in spoilage of meat

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 4293-4302

  Bruhn, Jesper Bartholin ^a   Christensen, Allan Beck ^a   Flodgaard, Lars Ravn ^a   Nielsen, Kristian Fog ^a   Larsen, Thomas Ostenfeld ^a   Givskov, Michael ^a   Gram, Lone ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEATS; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS;

PHENOTYPES; PROTEASE SECRETION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE DERIVATIVE; LACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EXTRACTION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SPOILAGE; GENE MUTATION; HAFNIA ALVEI; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; SENSOR; SERRATIA; SERRATIA PROTEAMACULANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; HAFNIA ALVEI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEAT; PHENOTYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HAFNIA ALVEI; NEGIBACTERIA; SERRATIA; SERRATIA PROTEAMACULANS;

EID: 3242757646     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.7.4293-4302.2004     Document Type: Article

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