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Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Signal Arrests Phytoplankton Cell Division and Impacts Virus-Induced Mortality

Published:2021-05-12 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:2379-5042
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Author:

Pollara Scott B.¹,Becker Jamie W.¹,Nunn Brook L.²,Boiteau Rene³^ORCID,Repeta Daniel⁴,Mudge Miranda C.²,Downing Grayton¹,Chase Davis¹,Harvey Elizabeth L.⁵,Whalen Kristen E.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biology, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA

2. Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

3. College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

4. Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA

5. Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA

Abstract

Bacteria and phytoplankton form close associations in the ocean that are driven by the exchange of chemical compounds. The bacterial signal 2-heptyl-4-quinolone (HHQ) slows phytoplankton growth; however, the mechanism responsible remains unknown.

Funder

National Science Foundation

Simons Foundation

University of Washington

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

HHS | National Institutes of Health

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Molecular Biology,Microbiology

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