Potential Emergence of Multi-quorum Sensing Inhibitor Resistant (MQSIR) Bacteria

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-18

  Koul, Shikha ^a,b   Prakash, Jyotsana ^a,b   Mishra, Anjali ^a   Kalia, Vipin Chandra ^a,b  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bioactive molecules; Drug resistance; Quorum sensing; Quorum sensing inhibitors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955658043     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-015-0558-0     Document Type: Review

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