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A solo luxI-type gene directs acylhomoserine lactone synthesis and contributes to motility control in the marine sponge symbiont Ruegeria sp. KLH11.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Jan 2015
Zan Jindong, Choi Okhee, Meharena Hiruy, Uhlson Charis L, Churchill Mair E A, Hill Russell T, Fuqua Clay
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Marine sponges harbour abundant and diverse bacterial communities, providing an ideal environment for bacterial cell-density-dependent cell-cell signalling, termed quorum sensing. The marine sponge symbiont Ruegeria sp. KLH11 produces mainly long chain acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs) and has been developed as a quorum sensing model for roseobacterial sponge symbionts. Two pairs of luxR/I homologues were identified...
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