Evidence of autoinduction heterogeneity via expression of the agr system of Listeria monocytogenes at the single-cell level

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 6286-6289

  Garmyn, Dominique ^a,b   Gal, Laurent ^b,c   Briandet, Romain ^d   Guilbaud, Morgan ^d   Lemaître, Jean Paul ^a,b   Hartmann, Alain ^a,b   Piveteau, Pascal ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^d UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOINDUCTION; BATCH CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POPULATION DENSITIES; PRIMARY FUNCTIONS; SINGLE-CELL LEVEL;

BATCH CELL CULTURE; LISTERIA; POPULATION STATISTICS;

DISEASES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; POPULATION DENSITY;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; QUORUM SENSING;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 80052766605     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02891-10     Document Type: Article

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