Unusual Long-Chain N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone Production by and Presence of Quorum Quenching Activity in Bacterial Isolates from Diseased Tilapia Fish

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Chang, Chien Yi ^a   Koh, Chong Lek ^b   Sam, Choon Kook ^b   Chan, Xin Yue ^c   Yin, Wai Fong ^c   Chan, Kok Gan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N (3 OXOHEXADECANOYL)HOMOSERINE LACTONE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N DODECANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYSIS; KLEBSIELLA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALAYSIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PSEUDOMONAS; QUORUM SENSING; SERRATIA; TILAPIA;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FISH DISEASES; MALAYSIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; QUORUM SENSING; TILAPIA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA SP.; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; SERRATIA SP.; TILAPIA;

EID: 84865574762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044034     Document Type: Article

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