Choosing an Appropriate Infection Model to Study Quorum Sensing Inhibition in Pseudomonas Infections

Bacteria, although considered for decades to be antisocial organisms whose sole purpose is to find nutrients and multiply are, in fact, highly communicative organisms. Referred to as quorum sensing, cell-to-cell communication mechanisms have been adopted by bacteria in order to co-ordinate their gen...

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Main Authors: Evelina Papaioannou, Wim J. Quax, Putri Dwi Utari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-09-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/14/9/19309