A steroidal molecule present in the egg wax of the tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus inhibits bacterial biofilms

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2008-2018

  Zimmer, Karine R ^a   Macedo, Alexandre J ^a   Giordani, Raquel B ^b   Conceição, Jordan M ^a   Nicastro, Gianlucca G ^c   Boechat, Ana Laura ^c   Baldini, Regina L ^c   Abraham, Wolf Rainer ^d   Termignoni, Carlos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHOLESTANE DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ISOLEUCINE; N (3 SULFOOXY 25 CHOLEST 5 EN 26 OYL) L ISOLEUCINE; N-(3-SULFOOXY-25-CHOLEST-5-EN-26-OYL)-L-ISOLEUCINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OOCYTE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CHOLESTENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; ISOLEUCINE; OVUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; IXODIDA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHIPICEPHALUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84880038716     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12082     Document Type: Article

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