Polyphosphate Degradation in Stationary Phase Triggers Biofilm Formation via LuxS Quorum Sensing System in Escherichia coli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Grillo Puertas, Mariana ^a   Villegas, Josefina M ^a   Rintoul, María R ^a   Rapisarda, Viviana A ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPHOSPHATE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE FORMATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; POLYPHOSPHATES; QUORUM SENSING; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84870670619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050368     Document Type: Article

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