Indole signalling and (micro)algal auxins decrease the virulence of Vibrio campbellii, a major pathogen of aquatic organisms

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1987-2004

  Yang, Qian ^a   Pande, Gde Sasmita Julyantoro ^a   Wang, Zheng ^b   Lin, Baochuan ^b,d   Rubin, Robert A ^c   Vora, Gary J ^b   Defoirdt, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^d DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INDOLEACETAMIDE; INDOLEACETIC ACID; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTEMIA; BIOFILM; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; VIBRIO; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ARTEMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; LARVA; QUORUM SENSING; SIGMA FACTOR; VIBRIO; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 85017096653     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13714     Document Type: Article

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