Quorum sensing-regulated chitin metabolism provides grazing resistance to Vibrio cholerae biofilms

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1812-1820

  Sun, Shuyang ^a,b   Tay, Qi Xiang Martin ^b   Kjelleberg, Staffan ^a,b,c   Rice, Scott A ^b,c   McDougald, Diane ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CHITIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; FLAGELLATE; GRAZING; GROWTH RESPONSE; INHIBITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SNAIL; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTEMIA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA; RHYNCHOMONAS NASUTA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMMONIA; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CHITIN;

ANIMAL; BIOFILM; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETOPLASTIDA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ZOOPLANKTON;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CHITIN; KINETOPLASTIDA; QUORUM SENSING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84937728953     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.265     Document Type: Article

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