Quorum sensing in metal tolerance of Acinetobacter junii BB1A is associated with biofilm production

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-165

  Sarkar, Suchitra ^a   Chakraborty, Ranadhir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter junii; Biofilm; Metal tolerance; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLASS; MERCURY; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; NICKEL; POLYSTYRENE;

ACINETOBACTER JUNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; METAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ACINETOBACTER; BIOFILMS; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METALS; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACINETOBACTER JUNII; ALLIUM SATIVUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 42449125132     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01080.x     Document Type: Article

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