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Review

Quorum Sensing and Expression of Virulence in Pectobacteria

by
Lee Põllumaa
,
Tiina Alamäe
and
Andres Mäe
*
Department of Genetics, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Riia 23, Tartu 51010, Estonia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sensors 2012, 12(3), 3327-3349; https://doi.org/10.3390/s120303327
Submission received: 16 January 2012 / Revised: 21 February 2012 / Accepted: 2 March 2012 / Published: 8 March 2012
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microbial Quorum Sensing: Linking the Outside World to Microbial Behaviour)
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Abstract

Quorum sensing (QS) is a population density-dependent regulatory mechanism in which gene expression is coupled to the accumulation of a chemical signaling molecule. QS systems are widespread among the plant soft-rotting bacteria. In Pectobacterium carotovorum, at least two QS systems exist being specified by the nature of chemical signals involved. QS in Pectobacterium carotovorum uses N-acylhomoserine lactone (AHL) based, as well as autoinducer-2 (AI-2) dependent signaling systems. This review will address the importance of the QS in production of virulence factors and interaction of QS with other regulatory systems in Pectobacterium carotovorum.
Keywords: quorum sensing; N-acylhomoserine lactone; autoinductor 2; virulence; Pectobacterium quorum sensing; N-acylhomoserine lactone; autoinductor 2; virulence; Pectobacterium

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Põllumaa, L.; Alamäe, T.; Mäe, A. Quorum Sensing and Expression of Virulence in Pectobacteria. Sensors 2012, 12, 3327-3349. https://doi.org/10.3390/s120303327

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Põllumaa L, Alamäe T, Mäe A. Quorum Sensing and Expression of Virulence in Pectobacteria. Sensors. 2012; 12(3):3327-3349. https://doi.org/10.3390/s120303327

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Põllumaa, Lee, Tiina Alamäe, and Andres Mäe. 2012. "Quorum Sensing and Expression of Virulence in Pectobacteria" Sensors 12, no. 3: 3327-3349. https://doi.org/10.3390/s120303327

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Põllumaa, L., Alamäe, T., & Mäe, A. (2012). Quorum Sensing and Expression of Virulence in Pectobacteria. Sensors, 12(3), 3327-3349. https://doi.org/10.3390/s120303327

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