Presence of quorum-sensing systems associated with multidrug resistance and biofilm formation in Bacteroides fragilis

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 412-419

  Pumbwe, Lilian ^a,b   Skilbeck, Christopher A ^a   Wexler, Hannah M ^a,b  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE; LUXR AUTOINDUCER BINDING PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RNA 16S; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIOFILMS; CARBONYL CYANIDE M-CHLOROPHENYL HYDRAZONE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; UNCOUPLING AGENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 51349113077     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9358-3     Document Type: Article

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