Natural functions of lipopeptides from Bacillus and Pseudomonas: More than surfactants and antibiotics

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1037-1062

  Raaijmakers, Jos M ^a   de Bruijn, Irene ^a,b   Nybroe, Ole ^c   Ongena, Marc ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Microbial interactions; Motility; Regulation; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; AMPHISIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTHROFACTIN; BIOSURFACTANT; CORMYCIN A; ECOMYCIN; HOMOSERINE LACTONE; LIPOPEPTIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MASSETOLIDE A; METAL ION; N (3 OXODODECANOYL)HOMOSERINE LACTONE; ORFAMIDE; PLANT TOXIN; PSEUDOMYCIN; PUTISOLVIN; RHAMNOLIPID; SERRAWETTIN W2; SULPHONOLIPID; SURFACTANT; SURFACTIN; SYRINGAFACTIN; SYRINGOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISCOSIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CHELATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HABITAT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PATHOGENESIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTOZOON; PSEUDOMONAS; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SERRATIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIPOPEPTIDES; PSEUDOMONAS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEMATODA; OOMYCETES; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 78649388416     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2010.00221.x     Document Type: Review

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