Anbazhagan, D.; Mansor, M.; Yan, G.O.S.; Yusof, M.Y.M.; Hassan, H.; Sekaran, S.D. (2012) Detection of quorum sensing signal molecules and identification of an autoinducer synthase gene among biofilm forming clinical isolates of acinetobacter spp. PloS one, 7 (7). e36696. ISSN 1932-6203
Quorum sensing is a term that describes an environmental sensing system that allows bacteria to monitor their own population density which contributes significantly to the size and development of the biofilm. Many gram negative bacteria use N-acyl-homoserine lactones as quorum sensing signal molecules. In this study, we sought to find out if the biofilm formation among clinical isolates of Acinetobacter spp. is under the control of autoinducing quorum sensing molecules.
|Item Type: ||Article|
- Anbazhagan, D.
- Mansor, M.
- Yan, G.O.S.
- Yusof, M.Y.M.
- Hassan, H.(Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA)
- Sekaran, S.D.
|Journal or Publication Title: ||PloS one|
|Additional Information: ||Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA|
|Uncontrolled Keywords: ||Medical Microbiology|
|Subjects: ||R Medicine|
|Divisions: ||Faculty of Medicine|
|Depositing User: ||hamimah hamimah hassan|
|Date Deposited: ||07 Aug 2012 09:15|
|Last Modified: ||07 Aug 2012 09:15|
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