Bacterial quorum sensing and microbial community interactions

mBio

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Abisado, Rhea G ^a   Benomar, Saida ^a   Klaus, Jennifer R ^a   Dandekar, Ajai A ^b   Chandler, Josephine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Coculture; Competition; Cooperation; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COCULTURE; COOPERATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; SHORT SURVEY; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 85047545905     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02331-17     Document Type: Short Survey

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