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Quorum-sensing mutations affect attachment and stability of Burkholderia cenocepacia biofilms.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Sept 2005
Tomlin Kerry L, Malott Rebecca J, Ramage Gordon, Storey Douglas G, Sokol Pamela A, Ceri H
Abstract excerpt
Biofilm formation in Burkholderia cenocepacia has been shown to rely in part on acylhomoserine lactone-based quorum sensing. For many other bacterial species, it appears that both the initial adherence and the later stages of biofilm maturation are affected when quorum sensing pathways are inhibited. In this study, we examined the effects of mutations in the cepIR and cciIR quorum-sensing systems of Burkholderia...
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