Can bacteria evolve resistance to quorum sensing disruption?

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Defoirdt, Tom ^a   Boon, Nico ^a   Bossier, Peter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL COMMUNICATION; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBACTERIUM PHOSPHOREUM; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; RHIZOBIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO SALMONICIDA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EVOLUTION; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 77957656132     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000989     Document Type: Article

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