The talking language in some major Gram-negative bacteria

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 489-499

  Banerjee, Goutam ^a   Ray, Arun Kumar ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial cross talk; Gram negative bacteria; Quorum quenching; Quorum sensing circuit

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE; HOMOSERINE LACTONE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AGROBACTERIUM; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL INTERACTION; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS AUREOFACIENS; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS; SPECIES; STREPTOMYCES; VARIOVORAX; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO HARVEYI; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84964068407     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-016-1220-x     Document Type: Review

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