Disruption of biofilm formation by the human pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii using engineered quorum-quenching lactonases

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1802-1805

  Chow, Jeng Yeong ^a   Yang, Yuanyong ^a   Tay, Song Buck ^a   Chua, Kim Lee ^a   Yew, Wen Shan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCONOLACTONASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HYDROLYSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84896809894     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02410-13     Document Type: Article

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