Real-time monitoring of quorum sensing in 3D-printed bacterial aggregates using scanning electrochemical microscopy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 51, 2014, Pages 18255-18260

  Connell, Jodi L ^a   Kim, Jiyeon ^a   Shear, Jason B ^a   Bard, Allen J ^a   Whiteley, Marvin ^a  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

3D printing; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pyocyanin; Quorum sensing; Scanning electrochemical microscopy

Indexed keywords

PYOCYANINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTROCHEMICAL, SCANNING; PRINTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84919884441     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1421211111     Document Type: Article

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