AI-2-mediated signalling in bacteria

CS Pereira, JA Thompson… - FEMS microbiology …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Success in nature depends upon an ability to perceive and adapt to the surrounding
environment. Bacteria are not an exception; they recognize and constantly adjust to …

Metabolites from symbiotic bacteria

J Piel - Natural product reports, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Metabolites from symbiotic bacteria - Natural Product Reports (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/B703499G
Royal Society of Chemistry View PDF VersionPrevious ArticleNext Article DOI: 10.1039/B703499G …

Mutualism and pathogenesis in Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus: two roads to the same destination

H Goodrich‐Blair, DJ Clarke - Molecular microbiology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus bacteria colonize the intestines of the infective soil‐
dwelling stage of entomophagous nematodes, Heterorhabditis and Steinernema …

Establishing bacterial communities by'word of mouth': LuxS and autoinducer 2 in biofilm development

KR Hardie, K Heurlier - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2008 - nature.com
Multicellular bacterial communities (biofilms) abound in nature, and their successful
formation and survival is likely to require cell–cell communication—including quorum …

How the insect pathogen bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis and Xenorhabdus/Photorhabdus occupy their hosts

C Nielsen-LeRoux, S Gaudriault, N Ramarao… - Current opinion in …, 2012 - Elsevier
Insects are the largest group of animals on earth. Like mammals, virus, fungi, bacteria and
parasites infect them. Several tissue barriers and defense mechanisms are common for …

Lack of genomic evidence of AI-2 receptors suggests a non-quorum sensing role for luxS in most bacteria

F Rezzonico, B Duffy - BMC microbiology, 2008 - Springer
Background Great excitement accompanied discoveries over the last decade in several
Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria of the LuxS protein, which catalyzes production …

Nooks and crannies in type VI secretion regulation

CS Bernard, YR Brunet, E Gueguen… - Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Type VI secretion systems (T6SS) are macromolecular, transenvelope machines encoded
within the genomes of most Gram-negative bacteria, including plant, animal, and human …

Photorhabdus: a model for the analysis of pathogenicity and mutualism

DJ Clarke - Cellular microbiology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Photorhabdus are entomopathogenic members of the family Enterobacteriaceae. In addition
to killing insects Photorhabdus also have a mutualistic association with nematodes from the …

Symbiotic conversations are revealed under genetic interrogation

EG Ruby - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2008 - nature.com
The recent development and application of molecular genetics to the symbionts of
invertebrate animal species have advanced our knowledge of the biochemical …

Identification of functional LsrB-like autoinducer-2 receptors

CS Pereira, AK de Regt, PH Brito, ST Miller… - Journal of …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Although a variety of bacterial species have been reported to use the interspecies
communication signal autoinducer-2 (AI-2) to regulate multiple behaviors, the molecular …