Vibrio cholerae exploits sub-lethal concentrations of a competitor-produced antibiotic to avoid toxic interactions

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue JAN, 2013, Pages

  Graff, Jason R ^a   Forschner Dancause, Stephanie R ^b   Menden Deuer, Susanne ^a   Long, Richard A ^c   Rowley, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Andrimid; Antibiotic; Cell cell interactions; Chemical ecology; Colonization; Competition; Swimming behavior; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIONALES;

EID: 84876477661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00008     Document Type: Article

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