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Acylhomoserine lactone production and degradation by the fish pathogen Tenacibaculum maritimum, a member of the Cytophaga–Flavobacterium–Bacteroides (CFB) group

  1. Manuel Romero1,
  2. Rubén Avendaño-Herrera1,
  3. Beatriz Magariños1,
  4. Miguel Cámara2,
  5. Ana Otero1

Article first published online: 28 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01889.x

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FEMS Microbiology Letters

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volume 304, Issue 2, pages 131–139, March 2010

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Romero, M., Avendaño-Herrera, R., Magariños, B., Cámara, M. and Otero, A. (2010), Acylhomoserine lactone production and degradation by the fish pathogen Tenacibaculum maritimum, a member of the Cytophaga–Flavobacterium–Bacteroides (CFB) group. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 304: 131–139. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01889.x

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  1. 1

    Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología-CIBUS, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, Spain

  2. 2

    School of Molecular Medical Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

*Correspondence: Ana Otero, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología-CIBUS, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago, Spain. Tel.: +34 98 156 3100, ext. 16967; fax: +34 98 159 2210; e-mail: anamaria.otero@usc.es

  1. Editor: Craig Shoemaker

  2. Present address: Rubén Avendaño-Herrera, Departamento de ciencias biológicas, Facultad de ciencias biológicas, Universidad de Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 12 FEB 2010
  2. Article first published online: 28 DEC 2009
  3. Received 29 September 2009; revised 9 December 2009; accepted 15 December 2009.Final version published online February 2010.

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