Quorum sensing protects Pseudomonas aeruginosa against cheating by other species in a laboratory coculture model

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 3154-3159

  Smalley, Nicole E ^a   An, Dingding ^a,c   Parsek, Matthew R ^a   Chandler, Josephine R ^b   Dandekar, Ajai A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE; PROTEINASE; RHAMNOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BURKHOLDERIA MULTIVORANS; COCULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; BURKHOLDERIA; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BURKHOLDERIA; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84940837359     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00482-15     Document Type: Article

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