Quorum Sensing in the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis
| Autor: | Tim Miyashiro, Subhash C. Verma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Euprymna scolopes
Vibrio fischeri Review Catalysis Microbiology lcsh:Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry 03 medical and health sciences Light organ Bacterial Proteins biology.animal luminescence Animals Aliivibrio fischeri 14. Life underwater Physical and Theoretical Chemistry lcsh:QH301-705.5 Molecular Biology Spectroscopy 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences Squid biology 030306 microbiology Organic Chemistry Decapodiformes Biofilm quorum sensing General Medicine biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition biology.organism_classification Bobtail squid symbiosis Vibrio Computer Science Applications Quorum sensing motility lcsh:Biology (General) lcsh:QD1-999 bacteria Signal Transduction |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 14, Iss 8, Pp 16386-16401 (2013) International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
| ISSN: | 1422-0067 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijms140816386 |
| Popis: | Quorum sensing is an intercellular form of communication that bacteria use to coordinate group behaviors such as biofilm formation and the production of antibiotics and virulence factors. The term quorum sensing was originally coined to describe the mechanism underlying the onset of luminescence production in cultures of the marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri. Luminescence and, more generally, quorum sensing are important for V. fischeri to form a mutualistic symbiosis with the Hawaiian bobtail squid, Euprymna scolopes. The symbiosis is established when V. fischeri cells migrate via flagella-based motility from the surrounding seawater into a specialized structure injuvenile squid called the light organ. The cells grow to high cell densities within the light organ where the infection persists over the lifetime of the animal. A hallmark of a successful symbiosis is the luminescence produced by V. fischeri that camouflages the squid at night by eliminating its shadow within the water column. While the regulatory networks governing quorum sensing are critical for properly regulating V. fischeri luminescence within the squid light organ, they also regulate luminescence-independent processes during symbiosis. In this review, we discuss the quorum-sensing network of V. fischeri and highlight its impact at various stages during host colonization. |
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