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N-acylhomoserine lactone regulates violacein production in Chromobacterium violaceum type strain ATCC 12472.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Feb 2008
Morohoshi Tomohiro, Kato Masashi, Fukamachi Katsumasa, Kato Norihiro, Ikeda Tsukasa
Abstract excerpt
In tests, Chromobacterium violaceum ATCC 12472 produced several N-acyl-L-homoserine lactones (AHLs). Of these, N-(3-hydroxydecanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone was dominant, and controlled violacein production by quorum sensing. Strain VIR07, an AHL-deficient mutant, did not produce violacein. Violacei...
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