Screening & profiling of quorum sensing signal molecules in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from catheterized urinary tract infection patients

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 208-213

  Kumar, Ravi ^a   Chhibber, Sanjay ^a   Gupta, Varsha ^b   Harjai, Kusum ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium A136; AHL; Biosensors; Chromobacterium CV026; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; TLC; UTI

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOSENSOR; CATHETER INFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; QUORUM SENSING; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SCREENING TEST; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 80054744546     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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