Quorum-sensing regulation of adhesion in Serratia marcescens MG1 is surface dependent

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2702-2711

  Labbate, Maurizio ^a,e   Zhu, Hua ^b   Thung, Leena ^a   Bandara, Rani ^b   Larsen, Martin R ^c   Willcox, Mark D P ^b   Givskov, Michael ^d   Rice, Scott A ^a   Kjelleberg, Staffan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BRIEN HOLDEN VISION INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN OMPX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; BSMA GENE; BSMB GENE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATOR GENE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CORNEA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 34147181488     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01582-06     Document Type: Article

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