Quorum sensing modulates colony morphology through alkyl quinolones in <it>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Acyl-homoserine lactone (acyl-HSL) and alkyl quinolone (AQ) based quorum-sensing (QS) systems are important for <it>Pseudomonas aeruginosa </it>virulence and biofilm formation. The effect of QS on biofilm formation is inf...

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Main Authors: Gupta Rashmi, Schuster Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-03-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/12/30