Quorum Sensing Regulates Denitrification in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1
Author(s) -
Masanori Toyofuku,
Nobuhiko Nomura,
Tatsuya Fujii,
Naoki Takaya,
Hideaki Maseda,
Isao Sawada,
Toshiaki Nakajima,
Hiroo Uchiyama
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1067-8832
pISSN - 0021-9193
DOI - 10.1128/jb.00289-07
Subject(s) - quorum sensing , pseudomonas aeruginosa , homoserine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , denitrification , pseudomonadales , bioluminescence , pseudomonas , pseudomonadaceae , bacteria , biochemistry , gene , virulence , genetics , chemistry , nitrogen , organic chemistry
Anaerobic growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 was affected by quorum sensing. Deletion of genes that produce N-acyl-l-homoserine lactone signals resulted in an increase in denitrification activity, which was repressed by exogenous signal molecules. The effect of the las quorum-sensing system was dependent on the rhl quorum-sensing system in regulating denitrification.
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