Pseudomonas tragi strains isolated from meat do not produce N-Acyl homoserine lactones as signal molecules

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2597-2601

  Ferrocino, Ilario ^a   Ercolini, Danilo ^a   Villani, Francesco ^a   Moorhead, Sandra M ^b   Griffiths, Mansel W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FRAGI; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE; STAT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FOOD CONTROL; MEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS FRAGI; QUORUM SENSING;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; ANIMALS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MEAT; PSEUDOMONAS FRAGI; QUORUM SENSING; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 73349114305     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-72.12.2597     Document Type: Article

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