The impact of plant volatiles on bacterial quorum sensing

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 8-19

  Ahmad, A ^a   Viljoen, A M ^a   Chenia, H Y ^b  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Chromobacterium violaceum; Monoterpenes; Natural compounds; Pyocyanin; Quorum sensing; Violacein

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DISEASE CONTROL; ESSENTIAL OILS; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MOLECULES;

CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOUNDS; INHIBITORY ACTIVITY; NATURAL COMPOUNDS; PLANT VOLATILES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCYANIN; QUORUM-SENSING; SENSING PROPERTY; VIOLACEIN;

MONOTERPENES;

ABSINTHOL; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ANISALDEHYDE; BETA PINENE; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHENE; CARVACROL; CARVONE; CIS 3 NONEN 1 OL; CITRAL; ESSENTIAL OIL; ESTRAGOLE; FARNESOL; GERANIOL; ISOEUGENOL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MENTHONE; NEROL; NEROLIDOL; PINENE; PYOCYANINE; TERPINEOL; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; VIOLACEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOMER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING; STEREOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOBACTERIUM; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMOBACTERIUM; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; INDOLES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCYANINE; QUORUM SENSING; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84916215147     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12343     Document Type: Article

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