Quorum sensing in bacteria

MB Miller, BL Bassler - Annual Reviews in Microbiology, 2001 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Quorum sensing is the regulation of gene expression in response to fluctuations in
cell-population density. Quorum sensing bacteria produce and release chemical signal …

Quorum-sensing in Gram-negative bacteria

NA Whitehead, AML Barnard, H Slater… - FEMS microbiology …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
It has become increasingly and widely recognised that bacteria do not exist as solitary cells,
but are colonial organisms that exploit elaborate systems of intercellular communication to …

Ganoderma lucidum reduces obesity in mice by modulating the composition of the gut microbiota

CJ Chang, CS Lin, CC Lu, J Martel, YF Ko… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Obesity is associated with low-grade chronic inflammation and intestinal dysbiosis.
Ganoderma lucidum is a medicinal mushroom used in traditional Chinese medicine with …

Bacterial motility on a surface: many ways to a common goal

RM Harshey - Annual Reviews in Microbiology, 2003 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract When free-living bacteria colonize biotic or abiotic surfaces, the resultant changes
in physiology and morphology have important consequences on their growth, development …

How bacteria talk to each other: regulation of gene expression by quorum sensing

BL Bassler - Current opinion in microbiology, 1999 - Elsevier
Quorum sensing, or the control of gene expression in response to cell density, is used by
both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria to regulate a variety of physiological …

Inhibition of quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm bacteria by a halogenated furanone compound

M Hentzer, K Riedel, TB Rasmussen… - …, 2002 - microbiologyresearch.org
Novel molecular tools have been constructed which allow for in situ detection of N-acyl
homoserine lactone (AHL)-mediated quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms …

The LuxS family of bacterial autoinducers: biosynthesis of a novel quorum‐sensing signal molecule

S Schauder, K Shokat, MG Surette… - Molecular …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Many bacteria control gene expression in response to cell population density, and this
phenomenon is called quorum sensing. In Gram‐negative bacteria, quorum sensing …

Quorum sensing and swarming migration in bacteria

R Daniels, J Vanderleyden… - FEMS microbiology …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Bacterial cells can produce and sense signal molecules, allowing the whole population to
initiate a concerted action once a critical concentration (corresponding to a particular …

[HTML][HTML] Role of allelochemicals in plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for biocontrol of phytopathogens

M Saraf, U Pandya, A Thakkar - Microbiological research, 2014 - Elsevier
Soil borne fungal diseases pose serious constraints on agro-productivity. Biological control
is non-hazardous strategy to control plant pathogens and improve crop productivity. PGPR …

Bacterial swarming: a model system for studying dynamic self-assembly

MF Copeland, DB Weibel - Soft matter, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Bacterial swarming is an example of dynamic self-assembly in microbiology in which the
collective interaction of a population of bacterial cells leads to emergent behavior. Swarming …