An anticipatory mechanism enhances the cooperative behaviors of quorum sensing mutants in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Abstract excerpt

Social interactions substantially influence the dynamics and functions of microbial communities. Cooperative behaviors serve to benefit populations, yet they are often exploited by cheating cells, thus creating a conflict between individuals in the microbial population. However, the underlying mechanisms by which cooperative behaviors are stabilized are incompletely elucidated. Here, we used quorum sensing (QS)...

Topics

• Quorum Sensing
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Bacterial Proteins
• Trans-Activators
• Mutation
• Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial