The guanidinobutyrase GbuA is essential for the alkylquinolone-regulated pyocyanin production during parasitic growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in co-culture with Aeromonas hydrophila

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 3550-3564

  Jagmann, Nina ^a   Bleicher, Vera ^a   Busche, Tobias ^b   Kalinowski, Jörn ^b   Philipp, Bodo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANIDINOBUTYRASE; HYDROLASE; PYOCYANINE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; COCULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCYANINE; QUINOLONES; QUORUM SENSING; UREOHYDROLASES;

EID: 84991455923     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13419     Document Type: Article

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