Autoinducer 2 affects biofilm formation by Bacillus cereus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 937-941

  Auger, Sandrine ^a,c   Krin, Evelyne ^b   Aymerich, Stéphane ^a   Gohar, Michel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; GROWTH KINETICS; LUMINESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS;

AUTOINDUCER 2; BACILLUS CEREUS; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; SUPERNATANIS;

BIOFILMS;

AUTOINDUCER 2; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRYSTAL VIOLET; GENOMIC DNA; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; N OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N-OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE;

BIOFILM; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; INHIBITOR; LUMINESCENCE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS ATCC 10987; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33644859001     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.937-941.2006     Document Type: Article

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