RpoS and indole signaling control the virulence of Vibrio anguillarum towards gnotobiotic sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) larvae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Li, Xuan ^a   Yang, Qian ^a   Dierckens, Kristof ^a   Milton, Debra L ^b,c   Defoirdt, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; INDOLE; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOPOLYMER; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVAL STAGE; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RPOS GENE; TNAA GENE; WBFD GENE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BASS; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO; VIRULENCE;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; SERRANIDAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASS; BIOFILMS; BIOPOLYMERS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GERM-FREE LIFE; INDOLES; LARVA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84910001821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111801     Document Type: Article

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