Article
Chitin utilization by marine bacteria. Chemotaxis to chitin oligosaccharides by Vibrio furnissii.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 25 Dec 1991
Bassler B L, Gibbons P J, Yu C, Roseman S
Abstract excerpt
The adhesion/deadhesion apparatus of the marine bacterium Vibrio furnissii (Yu, C., Lee, A., Bassler, B. L., and Roseman, S. (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266, 24260-24267) probably catalyzes the first step in colonizing chitin. Evidence is presented here for a second step, chemotaxis to chitin hydrolysis products. V. furnissii swarms toward chitin oligomers (GlcNAc)n, n = 1-6, at initial concentrations as low as 10...
Topics
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Catalysis
- Chemotaxis
- Chitin
- Citric Acid Cycle
- Escherichia coli
- Genes, Bacterial
- Glycerol
- Hydrolysis
- Lactates
- Lactic Acid
- Marine Biology