Evidence for autoinduction and quorum sensing in white band disease-causing microbes on Acropora cervicornis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Certner, Rebecca H ^a   Vollmer, Steven V ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; HOMOSERINE LACTONE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CYTOPHAGA; CYTOPHAGACEAE INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; VETERINARY; VIBRIO;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CYTOPHAGA; CYTOPHAGACEAE INFECTIONS; QUORUM SENSING; VIBRIO;

EID: 84930635663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11134     Document Type: Article

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