Assessing the transcriptional responses of E. coli in co-culture with K. pneumoniae and E. faecalis in relation to quorum sensing and entrance into viable but nonculturable state

• Main Author: Ranjani Nadarajan
• Other Authors: Sze Chun Chau
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Bacteria
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45130
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this study, the influences of two non-Escherichia coli species – Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterococcus faecalis, on the regulation of VBNC and quorum sensing- related gene expression were assessed in a co-culture context by analyzing the differential promoter activities of a subset of genes. The...