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Quorum sensing regulates denitrification in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jul 2007
Toyofuku Masanori, Nomura Nobuhiko, Fujii Tatsuya, Takaya Naoki, Maseda Hideaki, Sawada Isao, Nakajima Toshiaki, Uchiyama Hiroo
Abstract excerpt
Anaerobic growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 was affected by quorum sensing. Deletion of genes that produce N-acyl-l-homoserine lactone signals resulted in an increase in denitrification activity, which was repressed by exogenous signal molecules. The effect of the las quorum-sensing system was dependent on the rhl quorum-sensing system in regulating denitrification.
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