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Host modification of a bacterial quorum-sensing signal induces a phenotypic switch in bacterial symbionts.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 3 Oct 2017
Pietschke Cleo, Treitz Christian, Forêt Sylvain, Schultze Annika, Künzel Sven, Tholey Andreas, Bosch Thomas C G, Fraune Sebastian
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial communities colonize epithelial surfaces of most animals. Several factors, including the innate immune system, mucus composition, and diet, have been identified as determinants of host-associated bacterial communities. Here we show that the early branching metazoan Hydra is able to modify bacterial quorum-sensing signals. We identified a eukaryotic mechanism that enables Hydra to specifically modify...
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