Screening and preliminary characterization of quenching activities of soil Bacillus isolates against acyl homoserine lactones of clinically isolated Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Malaysian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 80-91

  Sakr, Masarra Mohammed ^a   Aboulwafa, Mohammad Mabrouk ^a   Aboshanab, Khaled Mohamed Anwar ^a   Hassouna, Nadia Abdel Haleim ^a  

^a African Union Organization St Abbassia   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acyl homoserine lactones; Quenching activity; Quorum sensing; Soil bacillus isolates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899860640     PISSN: 22317538     EISSN: 18238262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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