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by sulphate reducing bacteria. Mar Biol 125:619–628
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talking: communication and quorum sensing in the bacterial
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Wolbachia pipientis wMel: a streamlined genome overrun by
mobile genetic elements. PLoS Biol 2:e69
Xavier KB, Bassler BL (2003) LuxS quorum sensing: more than just a
numbers game. Curr Opin Microbiol 6:191–197
Xiang S, Yao T, An L, Xu B, Wang J (2005) 16S rRNA
sequences and differences in bacteria isolated from the Muztag
Ata glacier at increasing depths. Appl Environ Microbiol
71:4619–4627
Yates EA et al (2002) N-acylhomoserine lactones undergo lactonolysis
in a pH-, temperature-, and acyl chain length-dependent manner
during growth of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Pseudomonas
aeruginosa. Infect Immun 70:5635–5646
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J Med 347:1199–1200
Zerhari K, Aurag J, Khbaya B, Kharchaf D, Filali-Maltouf A (2000)
Phenotypic characteristics of rhizobia isolates nodulating acacia
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Microbiol 30:351–357
9 Adaptations of Prokaryotes to Their Biotopes and to Physicochemical Conditions. . .
351