Autoinducer-2 bioassay is a qualitative, not quantitative method influenced by glucose

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 497-503

  Turovskiy, Yevgeniy ^a   Chikindas, Michael L ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid Tolerance Response; AI 2; ATR; Autoinducer 2; Listeria monocytogenes; Nisin; Quorum sensing; Stress Response

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; AUTOINDUCER 2; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOASSAY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

GLUCOSE; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS;

PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 33745949671     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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