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Antiquorum sensing, antibiofilm formation and cytotoxicity activity of commonly used medicinal plants by inhabitants of Borabu sub-county, Nyamira County, Kenya

Productions of various bacterial traits like production of virulence factors (e.g. toxins, enzymes), biofilm formation, luminescence among others, have been known to be controlled by quorum sensing (QS), a process that is dependent on chemical signals or autoinducers (AIs). Bacteria known to rely on...

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Autores principales: Omwenga, Eric Omori, Hensel, Andreas, Pereira, Susana, Shitandi, Alfred Anakalo, Goycoolea, Francisco M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5665492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29091715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185722