Integrated regulation of acetoin fermentation by quorum sensing and pH in Serratia plymuthica RVH1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3422-3427

  Moons, Pieter ^a   Van Houdt, Rob ^b   Vivijs, Bram ^a   Michiels, Chris M ^a   Aertsen, Abram ^a  

^a LEUVEN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE LFORCE   (Belgium)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ,3-BUTANEDIOL; ACETOIN; BACTERIAL SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS; EXTERNAL STIMULUS; LYSR-TYPE REGULATORS; MIXED ACIDS; NEGATIVE CONTROL; QUORUM-SENSING; REGULATORY FACTORS; SERRATIA; SIGNALING MOLECULES;

SUGARS; TRANSCRIPTION; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

FERMENTATION;

2,3 BUTYLENE GLYCOL; 2,3-BUTYLENE GLYCOL; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETOIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BUTANEDIOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; HOMOSERINE LACTONE;

ACETATE; ALCOHOL; BACTERIUM; BREWING INDUSTRY; FERMENTATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PH; SIGNALING; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; SERRATIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ACETATES; ACETOIN; BUTYLENE GLYCOLS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERRATIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SERRATIA PLYMUTHICA;

EID: 79958234718     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02763-10     Document Type: Article

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