Open AccessQuorum Sensing Enhances the Stress Response in Vibrio cholerae
Author(s) -
Adam Joelsson,
Biao Kan,
Jun Zhu
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.02804-06
Subject(s) - vibrio cholerae , quorum sensing , microbiology and biotechnology , fight or flight response , biology , cholera , vibrionaceae , bacteria , genetics , biofilm , gene
Vibrio cholerae lives in aquatic environments and causes cholera. Here, we show that quorum sensing enhancesV. cholerae viability under certain stress conditions by upregulating the expression of RpoS, and this regulation acts through HapR, suggesting that a quorum-sensing-enhanced stress response plays a role inV. cholerae environmental survival.