Bacterial quorum sensing: Functional features and potential applications in biotechnology

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 215-227

  Mangwani, Neelam ^a   Dash, Hirak Ranjan ^a   Chauhan, Ashvini ^b   Das, Surajit ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoinducers; Bacteria; Biotechnology; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOSURFACTANT; ELASTASE; ENDOTOXIN ANTIBODY; HOMOSERINE; LIGNOCELLULOSE; PROTEINASE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BREAST CANCER; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CATALYSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CYCLIZATION; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NONPHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PEST MANAGEMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SACCHARIFICATION; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO FISCHERI; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PLANTS; QUORUM SENSING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84865850402     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: 16602412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341847     Document Type: Review

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