Burkholderia diffusible signal factor signals to Francisella novicida to disperse biofilm and increase siderophore production

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 7057-7066

  Dean, Scott N ^a   Chung, Myung Chul ^a   van Hoek, Monique L ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; GENES; SIGNALING; TRANSCRIPTION;

BIOFILM FORMATION; BIOFILM PRODUCTION; CHITINASE INHIBITORS; DIFFUSIBLE SIGNALS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION PCR; SIDEROPHORE PRODUCTION; SIGNALING MOLECULES;

GENE EXPRESSION;

BIOFILM; DISPERSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IRON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SIDEROPHORE;

BURKHOLDERIA; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. NOVICIDA;

2-DODECENOIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SIDEROPHORE;

BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETION (PROCESS);

BIOFILMS; BURKHOLDERIA; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIDEROPHORES;

EID: 84943328365     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02165-15     Document Type: Article

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