Biofilms, Quorum Sensing and Crosstalk in Medically Important Microbes

Molecular Medical Microbiology

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 235-247

  Everett, Jake A ^a   Rumbaugh, Kendra P ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acylated homoserine lactone; Antibiotic tolerance; Biofilm; Crosstalk; Exopolymeric substance (EPS); Interkingdom signalling; Pqs; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961137921     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397169-2.00012-3     Document Type: Chapter

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