Indole production promotes escherichia coli mixed-culture growth with Pseudomonas aeruginosa by inhibiting quorum signaling

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 411-419

  Chu, Weihua ^a   Zere, Tesfalem R ^b,f   Weber, Mary M ^c   Wood, Thomas K ^d   Whiteley, Marvin ^e   Hidalgo Romano, Benjamin ^b   Valenzuela, Ernesto ^b   McLean, Robert J C ^a,b  

^a CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Texas State University   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; COCULTURE; COMPETITIVE FITNESS; COMPETIVENESS; CYCLIC AMP (CAMP); DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS; E. COLI; ENTERIC BACTERIA; GENE ACTIVATION; MAJOR FACTORS; MUTANT STRAIN; P.AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCYANIN; RECEPTOR GENES; SYNTHASES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROFILING; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WILD TYPES;

BACTERIA; COMPETITION; GENES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CYCLIC AMP; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; INDOLE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMARKER; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNALING; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CYCLIC AMP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INDOLES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84855718021     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06396-11     Document Type: Article

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