Inhibition of biofilm formation by T7 bacteriophages producing quorum-quenching enzymes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 5340-5348

  Pei, Ruoting ^a   Lamas Samanamud, Gisella R ^a  

^a The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYSACCHARIDES; QUENCHING;

ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONES; BIOFILM FORMATION; CELL-CELL COMMUNICATIONS; CHEMICAL MOLECULES; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; MULTI-SPECIES BIOFILMS; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BIOFILMS;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYSACCHARIDE;

GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROLASE;

BIOFILM; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T7; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; VIROLOGY;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLASES; HYDROLYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84905898055     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01434-14     Document Type: Article

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