3-Indolylacetonitrile Decreases Escherichia coli O157:H7 Biofilm Formation and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-73

  Lee, Jin Hyung ^a   Cho, Moo Hwan ^a   Lee, Jintae ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-INDOLYLACETONITRILE; ACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CRL PROTEIN, BACTERIA; INDOLE; INDOLE 3 ACETONITRILE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRULENCE;

ACETONITRILES; ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; INDOLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RNA, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 78650772918     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02308.x     Document Type: Article

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