Amino acid–derived quorum sensing molecules controlling the virulence of vibrios (and beyond)

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Tom Defoirdt

* E-mail: Tom.Defoirdt@UGent.be

Affiliation Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (cmet), Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

Quorum sensing
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Vibrio cholerae
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Vibrio
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Indoles
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Bacterial biofilms
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Virulence factors
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Vibrio vulnificus
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Bacterial pathogens
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