Quorum sensing in extreme environments

Life

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-148

  Montgomery, Kate ^a   Charlesworth, James C ^a   LeBard, Rebecca ^a   Visscher, Pieter T ^a,b   Burns, Brendan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremophiles; Microbial communication; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878917218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20751729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/life3010131     Document Type: Review

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