Influence of the hydrodynamic environment on quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

被引：82

作者：

Kirisits, Mary Jo

Margolis, Jeffrey J.

Purevdorj-Gage, Boloroo L.

Vaughan, Benjamin

Chopp, David L.

Stoodley, Paul

Parsek, Matthew R.

机构：

[1] Univ Texas Austin, Dept Civil Architectural & Environm Engn, Austin, TX 78712 USA

[2] Univ Washington, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

[3] Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[4] Montana State Univ, Ctr Biofilm Engn, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA

[5] Northwestern Univ, Dept Engn Sci & Appl Math, Evanston, IL 60208 USA

[6] Ctr Genom Sci, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 USA

[7] Univ Washington, Dept Microbiol, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY | 2007年 / 189卷 / 22期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1128/JB.01040-07

中图分类号：

Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

We provide experimental and modeling evidence that the hydrodynamic environment can impact quorum sensing (QS) in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm. The amount of biofilm biomass required for full QS induction of the population increased as the flow rate increased.

引用

页码：8357 / 8360

页数：4

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