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Conditional quorum-sensing induction of a cyanide-insensitive terminal oxidase stabilizes cooperating populations of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Nature communications - 1 Nov 2019
Yan Huicong, Asfahl Kyle L, Li Na, Sun Feng, Xiao Junwei, Shen Dongsheng, Dandekar Ajai A, Wang Meizhen
Abstract excerpt
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an opportunistic pathogen of humans, uses quorum sensing (QS) to regulate the production of extracellular products that can benefit all members of the population. P. aeruginosa can police QS-deficient cheaters by producing hydrogen cyanide, which is also QS regulated; however, the mechanism by which cooperators selectively protect themselves from the toxicity of cyanide remained...
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