A stabilized microbial ecosystem of self-limiting bacteria using synthetic quorum-regulated lysis

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Scott, Spencer R ^a   Din, M Omar ^a   Bittihn, Philip ^b,c   Xiong, Liyang ^b,c,d   Tsimring, Lev S ^b,c   Hasty, Jeff ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c University of California San Diego   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPETITION; LYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; STEADY STATE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COCULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LAB ON A CHIP; METABOLISM; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLYSIS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUORUM SENSING; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 85020709607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2017.83     Document Type: Article

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