Evaluation of a new high-throughput method for identifying quorum quenching bacteria

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tang, Kaihao ^a   Zhang, Yunhui ^a   Yu, Min ^a   Shi, Xiaochong ^a   Coenye, Tom ^b   Bossier, Peter ^b   Zhang, Xiao Hua ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIA; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; QUORUM SENSING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84886892195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02935     Document Type: Article

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