Role of bacterial volatile compounds in bacterial biology

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 222-233

  Audrain, Bianca ^a   Farag, Mohamed A ^b   Ryu, Choong Min ^c   Ghigo, Jean Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacterial volatile compounds; Biofilm; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACETOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AMMONIA; BACTERIAL EXTRACT; BACTERIAL VOLATILE COMPOUND; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHYLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIATION; EXTRACTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; STRESS; BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; VIRULENCE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84928215770     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuu013     Document Type: Review

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