Affiliation:
1. Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Abstract
In nature, bacteria live in multicellular and multispecies communities. Microbial species can sense the density and composition of their community through chemical cues using a process called quorum sensing (QS). The marine pathogen
Vibrio cholerae
is found in communities on the chitinous shells of crustaceans in its aquatic reservoir.
V. cholerae
interactions with chitin are critical for the survival, evolution, and waterborne transmission of this pathogen. Here, we show that
V. cholerae
uses QS to regulate the expression of one locus required for
V. cholerae
-chitin interactions.
Funder
HHS | National Institutes of Health
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology
Cited by
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