Burkholderia pseudomallei kynB plays a role in AQ production, biofilm formation, bacterial swarming and persistence

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 159-167

  Butt, Aaron ^a   Halliday, Nigel ^b   Williams, Paul ^b   Atkins, Helen S ^c   Bancroft, Gregory J ^d   Titball, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthranilate; Antibiotic tolerance; Kynurenine; Quorum sensing; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

2 ALKYL 4 QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRANILIC ACID; ARYLFORMAMIDASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; KYNURENINE; PROTEINASE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SIDEROPHORE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTHRANILIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELIOIDOSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARYLFORMAMIDASE; BIOFILMS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; GENE DELETION; LOCOMOTION; ORTHO-AMINOBENZOATES; QUINOLONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRYPTOPHAN; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84950273493     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2015.11.002     Document Type: Article

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