Quorum sensing: How bacteria communicate

Food Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 42-50

  Pillai, Suresh D ^a,b,c   Jesudhasan, Palmy R ^d  

^a IFT ^*

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Depts of Poultry Science and Nutrition and Food Science

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SIGNALING; FOOD INGREDIENTS; FOOD SPOILAGE; QUORUM SENSING;

CELLS; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FOOD PROCESSING; MICROORGANISMS;

BACTERIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33646404078     PISSN: 00156639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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