Quorum sensing and policing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa social cheaters

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

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2187-2191

  Wang, Meizhen ^a,b   Schaefer, Amy L ^b   Dandekar, Ajai A ^b   Greenberg, E Peter ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial communication; Cooperation; Social evolution; Sociomicrobiology

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; ELASTASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SOCIAL CONTROL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

CYANIDES; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84923294945     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1500704112     Document Type: Article

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