LuxS-mediated signalling in Streptococcus anginosus and its role in biofilm formation

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-121

  Petersen, Fernanda C ^a   Ahmed, Nibras A A M ^a   Naemi, Alioddin ^a   Scheie, Anne Aamdal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biofilm formation; Gene inactivation; LuxS; Quorum sensing signalling; Streptococci; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE;

BIOFILM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; COMMENSALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GROWTH RATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LUCIFERASES, BACTERIAL; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 33747614097     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-006-9065-y     Document Type: Article

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