Quorum sensing in Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. achromogenes and the effect of the autoinducer synthase AsaI on bacterial virulence

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 389-397

  Schwenteit, Johanna ^a,d   Gram, Lone ^b   Nielsen, Kristian F ^b   Fridjonsson, Olafur H ^c   Bornscheuer, Uwe T ^d   Givskov, Michael ^e   Gudmundsdottir, Bjarnheidur K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Matis ohf Iceland   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. achromogenes; Arctic charr; AsaI; Quorum sensing; Quorum sensing inhibitors; Virulence

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PIGMENT; PROTEIN ASAI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FISH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LD 50; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FISH DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TROUT; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA SUBSP. ACHROMOGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 78650554171     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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