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AI-2 does not function as a quorum sensing molecule in Campylobacter jejuni during exponential growth in vitro.
BMC microbiology - 8 Oct 2009
Holmes Kathryn, Tavender Tim J, Winzer Klaus, Wells Jerry M, Hardie Kim R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Campylobacter jejuni contains a homologue of the luxS gene shown to be responsible for the production of the signalling molecule autoinducer-2 (AI-2) in Vibrio harveyi and Vibrio cholerae. The aim of this study was to determine whether AI-2 acted as a diffusible quorum sensing signal controlling C. jejuni gene expression when it is produced at high levels during mid exponential growth phase. RESULTS:...
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