Heterogeneous response to a quorum-sensing signal in the luminescence of individual vibrio fischeri

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Pérez, Pablo Delfino ^a   Hagen, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMOBILIZED CELL; LIGHT INTENSITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VIBRIO FISCHERI; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; GENETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO FISCHERI;

CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; LUMINESCENCE; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 78649524425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015473     Document Type: Article

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