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Caenorhabditis elegans Senses Bacterial Autoinducers

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses virulence factors controlled by quorum sensing (QS) to kill Caenorhabditis elegans. Here we show that C. elegans is attracted to the acylated homoserine lactones (AHSLs) that mediate QS in P. aeruginosa. Our data also indicate that C. elegans can distinguish AHSLs and may use them to mediate aversive or attractive learning.

Source: Applied and Environmental Microbiology

DOI: 10.1128/aem.00611-06

Authors: Elmus Beale, Guigen Li, Man-Wah Tan, Kendra P. Rumbaugh

Institutions: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech University, Stanford Medicine, Stanford University

Language: English

Topic: Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2032583854

FWCI: 2.989

Cites: 16

Cited by: 110

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