Detection of quorum sensing signal molecules and mutation of luxS gene in Vibrio ichthyoenteri

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-57

  Li, Xuan ^a   Han, Yin ^a   Yang, Qian ^a   Zhang, Xiao Hua ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Autoinducer 2 (AI 2); Cholerae autoinducer 1 (CAI 1); luxS mutation; N acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs); Vibrio ichthyoenteri

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYTRIDECAN 4 ONE; AUTOINDUCER 2 PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUORUM SENSING; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TURBOT; VIBRIO; VIBRIO ICHTHYOENTERI; VIBRIO SCOPHTHALMI;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FISH DISEASES; FLATFISHES; GENE DELETION; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; QUORUM SENSING; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SCOPHTHALMIDAE; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS; VIBRIO ICHTHYOENTERI; VIBRIO SCOPHTHALMI; VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 74649086076     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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