Detection of quorum sensing signal molecules and identification of an autoinducer synthase gene among biofilm forming clinical isolates of Acinetobacter spp.

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Published in PLoS One on July 16, 2012

Authors

Deepa Anbazhagan1, Marzida Mansor, Gracie Ong Siok Yan, Mohd Yasim Md Yusof, Hamimah Hassan, Shamala Devi Sekaran

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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