Quorum quenching enzymes

S Fetzner - Journal of biotechnology, 2015 - Elsevier
Bacteria use cell-to-cell communication systems based on chemical signal molecules to
coordinate their behavior within the population. These quorum sensing systems are …

Roles of quorum sensing in biological wastewater treatment: A critical review

NR Maddela, B Sheng, S Yuan, Z Zhou… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Quorum sensing (QS) and quorum quenching (QQ) are increasingly reported in biological
wastewater treatment processes because of their inherent roles in biofilm development …

Microbial consortia for plant protection against diseases: more than the sum of its parts

T Maciag, E Kozieł, P Rusin, K Otulak-Kozieł… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biological plant protection presents a promising and exciting alternative to chemical
methods for safeguarding plants against the increasing threats posed by plant diseases …

Innovative microbial disease biocontrol strategies mediated by quorum quenching and their multifaceted applications: A review

X Zhu, WJ Chen, K Bhatt, Z Zhou, Y Huang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
With the increasing resistance exhibited by undesirable bacteria to traditional antibiotics, the
need to discover alternative (or, at least, supplementary) treatments to combat chemically …

Biocontrol of bacterial wilt disease through complex interaction between tomato plant, antagonists, the indigenous rhizosphere microbiota, and Ralstonia …

TR Elsayed, S Jacquiod, EH Nour… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Ralstonia solanacearum (biovar2, race3) is the causal agent of bacterial wilt and this
quarantine phytopathogen is responsible for massive losses in several commercially …

Quorum quenching agents: resources for antivirulence therapy

K Tang, XH Zhang - Marine drugs, 2014 - mdpi.com
The continuing emergence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens is a concern to human health
and highlights the urgent need for the development of alternative therapeutic strategies …

Quorum-Quenching Bacteria Isolated From Red Sea Sediments Reduce Biofilm Formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

ZU Rehman, TO Leiknes - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Quorum sensing (QS) is the process by which bacteria communicate with each other
through small signaling molecules such as N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs). Certain …

A Novel Metagenomic Short-Chain Dehydrogenase/Reductase Attenuates Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation and Virulence on Caenorhabditis elegans

P Bijtenhoorn, H Mayerhofer, J Müller-Dieckmann… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the expression of a number of virulence factors, as well as
biofilm formation, are controlled by quorum sensing (QS). N-Acylhomoserine lactones …

[HTML][HTML] Quorum sensing intervened bacterial signaling: pursuit of its cognizance and repression

K Vadakkan, AA Choudhury, R Gunasekaran… - Journal of Genetic …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bacteria communicate within a system by means of a density dependent mechanism known
as quorum sensing which regulate the metabolic and behavioral activities of a bacterial …

Deciphering physiological functions of AHL quorum quenching acylases

PD Utari, J Vogel, WJ Quax - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
N-Acylhomoserine lactone (AHL)-acylase (also known as amidase or amidohydrolase) is a
class of enzyme that belongs to the Ntn-hydrolase superfamily. As the name implies, AHL …