A role for TonB1 in biofilm formation and quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 269-278

  Abbas, Abdelhamid ^a   Adams, Claire ^a   Scully, Norma ^a   Glennon, Jeremy ^a   O'Gara, Fergal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Motility; Quorum sensing; TonB1

Indexed keywords

N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL MOTILITY; IRON TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILD TYPE;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 34547889499     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00845.x     Document Type: Article

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