Relative Contributions of Vibrio Polysaccharide and Quorum Sensing to the Resistance of Vibrio cholerae to Predation by Heterotrophic Protists

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Sun, Shuyang ^a   Kjelleberg, Staffan ^a,b   McDougald, Diane ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; HETEROTROPHY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; QUORUM SENSING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; HERBIVORY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; QUORUM SENSING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84874124422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056338     Document Type: Article

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