Inhibition of swarming motility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by branched-chain fatty acids

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 281, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-86

  Inoue, Tetsuyoshi ^a   Shingaki, Ryuji ^a   Fukui, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fatty acid; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Swarming motility

Indexed keywords

12 METHYLTETRADECANOIC ACID; BRANCHED CHAIN FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID; RHAMNOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 40349100697     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01089.x     Document Type: Article

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