Quorum-regulated biofilms enhance the development of conditionally viable, environmental Vibrio cholerae

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1588-1593

  Kamruzzaman, M ^a   Udden, S M Nashir ^a   Cameron, D Ewen ^b   Calderwood, Stephen B ^c   Nair, G Balakrish ^d   Mekalanos, John J ^a,b   Faruque, Shah M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilm formation; Conditionally viable environmental cells (CVEC); Quorum sensing; Transmissibility of cholera

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHOLERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; RABBIT; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CHOLERA; FECES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; QUORUM SENSING; RABBITS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 76549116807     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913404107     Document Type: Article

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