Quorum Sensing in Marine Microbial Environments

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 257-281

  Hmelo, Laura R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Marine bacteria; Marine environment; Quorum quenching; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOFILMS; CARBON; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS;

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS; CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; QUORUM QUENCHING; QUORUM-SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

BACTERIA;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CARBON CYCLE; CORAL REEF; EUKARYOTE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LACTONE;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICROBIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; SEA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LACTONES; OCEANS AND SEAS; QUORUM SENSING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 85008948104     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010816-060656     Document Type: Review

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