Rules of engagement: Defining bacterial communication

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-161

  Stacy, Apollo R ^a   Diggle, Stephen P ^b   Whiteley, Marvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL COMMUNICATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMMENSAL; EVOLUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TOOTH PLAQUE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ECOSYSTEM; HOMOSERINE; HUMANS; LACTONES; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84861831636     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2011.11.007     Document Type: Review

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