Production of acylated homoserine lactones by Aeromonas and Pseudomonas strains isolated from municipal activated sludge

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 924-933

  Morgan Sagastume, Fernando ^a   Boon, Nico ^a   Dobbelaere, Sofie ^a   Defoirdt, Tom ^a   Verstraete, Willy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acylated homoserine lactones; Aeromonas spp.; AHL biosensors; Bioaggregates; Municipal activated sludge; Pseudomonas spp.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; BIOSENSORS; ECOSYSTEMS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACYLATED HOMOSERINE LACTONES; AEROMONAS SPP.; AHL BIOSENSORS; BIOAGGREGATES; MUNICIPAL ACTIVATED SLUDGE; PSEUDOMONAS SPP.;

AMINO ACIDS;

ACYLATED HOMOSERINE LACTONE; AUTOINDUCER; DNA 16S; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; N HEXANOYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOSENSOR; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; AEROMONAS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CHROMOBACTERIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

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

EID: 33144474101     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w05-077     Document Type: Article

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