Influence of quorum sensing in multiple phenotypes of the bacterial pathogen Chromobacterium violaceum

Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1-4

  de Oca Mejía, Marielba Montes ^a   Castillo Juárez, Israel ^b   Martínez Vázquez, Mariano ^c   Soto Hernandez, Marcos ^b   García Contreras, Rodolfo ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^b Campus Montecillo Estado de México ^*  (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Chromobacterium violaceum; Exoprotease; Oxidative stress; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EXOPEPTIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITROGEN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; CARBON SOURCE; CARBON UTILIZATION; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NITROGEN UTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; QUORUM SENSING; STRESS; WILD TYPE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHROMOBACTERIUM; DRUG TOLERANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS);

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CARBON; CHROMOBACTERIUM; DRUG TOLERANCE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LOCOMOTION; NITROGEN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHENOTYPE; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84945126276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2049632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femspd/ftu019     Document Type: Article

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