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N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone Production by Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Human Tongue Surface

  • Wai-Fong Yin,
  • Kathiravan Purmal,
  • Shenyang Chin,
  • Xin-Yue Chan,
  • Chong-Lek Koh,
  • Choon-Kook Sam and
  • Kok-Gan Chan
Sensors2012, 12(3), 3472-3483;https://doi.org/10.3390/s120303472

12 March 2012

Bacteria communicate by producing quorum sensing molecules called autoinducers, which include autoinducer-1, an N-hexanoyl homoserine lactone (AHL), and autoinducer-2. Bacteria present in the human oral cavity have been shown to produce autoinducer-2...

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