Acetic acid acts as a volatile signal to stimulate bacterial biofilm formation

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Chen, Yun ^b   Gozz, Kevin ^a   Yan, Fang ^a,c   Chai, Yunrong ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YSBAB GENE; YWBHG GENE; YXAKC GENE; BACILLUS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INACTIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ACETIC ACID; BACILLUS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84936976508     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00392-15     Document Type: Article

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