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Indole is an inter-species biofilm signal mediated by SdiA.
BMC microbiology - 18 May 2007
Lee Jintae, Jayaraman Arul, Wood Thomas K
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BACKGROUND: As a stationary phase signal, indole is secreted in large quantities into rich medium by Escherichia coli and has been shown to control several genes (e.g., astD, tnaB, gabT), multi-drug exporters, and the pathogenicity island of E. coli; however, its impact on biofilm formation has n...
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