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 …

New insights into boron essentiality in humans and animals

A Biţă, IR Scorei, TA Bălşeanu, MV Ciocîlteu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Boron (B) is considered a prebiotic chemical element with a role in both the origin and
evolution of life, as well as an essential micronutrient for some bacteria, plants, fungi, and …

Chemotaxis towards autoinducer 2 mediates autoaggregation in Escherichia coli

L Laganenka, R Colin, V Sourjik - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
Bacteria communicate by producing and sensing extracellular signal molecules called
autoinducers. Such intercellular signalling, known as quorum sensing, allows bacteria to …

Autoinducer 2-dependent Escherichia coli biofilm formation is enhanced in a dual-species coculture

L Laganenka, V Sourjik - Applied and Environmental …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Biofilms in nature typically consist of multiple species, and microbial interactions are likely to
have crucial effects on biofilm development, structure, and functions. The best-understood …

Quorum sensing and metabolic state of the host control lysogeny-lysis switch of bacteriophage T1

L Laganenka, T Sander, A Lagonenko, Y Chen, H Link… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacterial viruses, or bacteriophages, are highly abundant in the biosphere and have a major
impact on microbial populations. Many examples of phage interactions with their hosts …

Methods for analysis of bacterial autoinducer‐2 production

ME Taga, KB Xavier - Current protocols in microbiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Quorum sensing is a cell‐cell signaling process that many bacteria use to regulate gene
expression as a function of the density of the population. This phenomenon involves the …

Production, detection and application perspectives of quorum sensing autoinducer-2 in bacteria

J Zhao, C Quan, L Jin, M Chen - Journal of Biotechnology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) is a major signal molecule in bacterial quorum sensing (QS)
besides N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs or AI-1). AI-2 mediated QS pathways have been …

Chemical conversations in the gut microbiota

JA Thompson, RA Oliveira, KB Xavier - Gut microbes, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The gut microbiota is a complex, densely populated community, home to many different
species that collectively provide huge benefits for host health. Disruptions to this community …

Small molecule inhibitors of AI-2 signaling in bacteria: state-of-the-art and future perspectives for anti-quorum sensing agents

M Guo, S Gamby, Y Zheng, HO Sintim - International journal of molecular …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Bacteria respond to different small molecules that are produced by other neighboring
bacteria. These molecules, called autoinducers, are classified as intraspecies (ie …

Phosphoenolpyruvate phosphotransferase system regulates detection and processing of the quorum sensing signal autoinducer‐2

CS Pereira, AJM Santos… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Autoinducer‐2 (AI‐2) a signal produced by a range of phylogenetically distant
microorganisms, enables inter‐species cell–cell communication and regulates many …