Quorum quenching bacteria isolated from the sludge of a wastewater treatment plant and their application for controlling biofilm formation

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1574-1582

  Kim, A Leum ^a   Park, Son Young ^a   Lee, Chi Ho ^a   Lee, Chung Hak ^b   Lee, Jung Kee ^a  

^a PaiChai University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AHL; Biofilm; Quorum quenching; Quorum sensing; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE; SEWAGE;

ACINETOBACTER; AFIPIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; GROWTH INHIBITION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS; QUORUM SENSING; RHODOCOCCUS; SLUDGE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; QUORUM SENSING; SEWAGE;

EID: 84910647190     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1407.07009     Document Type: Article

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