Interspecies interaction between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other microorganisms

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-24

  Tashiro, Yosuke ^a   Yawata, Yutaka ^b   Toyofuku, Masanori ^c   Uchiyama, Hiroo ^c   Nomura, Nobuhiko ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross talk; Membrane vesicles; Micro device; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSPORT VESICLE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSPORT VESICLES;

EID: 84875157035     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME12167     Document Type: Review

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