Mini-review: Quorum sensing in the marine environment and its relationship to biofouling

Biofouling

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 413-427

  Dobretsov, Sergey ^a   Teplitski, Max ^b   Paul, Valerie ^c  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm formation; Biofouling; Gram negative bacteria; Inhibitors; Marine environment; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFOULING; DIFFUSION; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SECONDARY METABOLITE; STRESS RESISTANCE; SWARMING; TOXIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

ANIMAL; BIOFILM; BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MARINE BIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 65549105192     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: 10292454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927010902853516     Document Type: Review

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