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LuxS affects biofilm maturation and detachment of the periodontopathogenic bacterium Eikenella corrodens.
Journal of bioscience and bioengineering - 1 Sept 2013
Karim Mohammad Minnatul, Hisamoto Tatsunori, Matsunaga Tetsuro, Asahi Yoko, Noiri Yuichiro, Ebisu Shigeyuki, Kato Akio, Azakami Hiroyuki
Abstract excerpt
Previously, we reported that biofilm formation of Eikenella corrodens is regulated by autoinducer-2 (AI-2), based on observations that biofilm-forming efficiency of ΔluxS mutant was greater than that of the wild type (Azakami et al., J. Biosci. Bioeng., 102, 110-117, 2006). To determine whether the AI-2 molecule affects biofilm formation directly, we added purified AI-2 to luxS mutant and wild-type E. corrodens...
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