Quorum vs. diffusion sensing: A quantitative analysis of the relevance of absorbing or reflecting boundaries

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 352, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 198-203

  Trovato, Antonio ^a,b   Seno, Flavio ^a,b   Zanardo, Marina ^a   Alberghini, Sara ^a   Tondello, Alessandra ^a   Squartini, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AHL; Boundary conditions; Diffusion kinetics; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE;

ABSORPTION; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOASSAY; BIOFILM; BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION SENSING; HALF LIFE TIME; LETTER; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING; REFLECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THEORY;

AHL; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION KINETICS; QUORUM SENSING;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CULTURE MEDIA; DIFFUSION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84897911137     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12394     Document Type: Letter

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