Communication and autoinduction in the species Listeria monocytogenes: A central role for the agr system

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-374

  Garmyn, Dominique ^a,b   Gal, Laurent ^a,b   Lemaitre, Jean Paul ^a,b   Hartmann, Alain ^b   Piveteau, Pascal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Agr system; Biofilm; Communication; Listeria; Quorum sensing; Regulation; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 69249142296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.2.4.8610     Document Type: Short Survey

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