The presence and role of bacterial quorum sensing in activated sludge

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 621-633

  Chong, Grace ^a   Kimyon, Onder ^a   Rice, Scott A ^a   Kjelleberg, Staffan ^a   Manefield, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; LACTONE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N HEPTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOASSAY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUORUM SENSING; UPREGULATION;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84865564101     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2012.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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