Bifidobacteria exhibit LuxS-dependent autoinducer 2 activity and biofilm formation.

Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) molecules are one class of signalling molecules involved in gene regulation dependent on population density in a mechanism commonly referred to as quorum sensing (QS). AI-2 is produced by the methylthioadenosine/S-adenosyl-homocysteine nucleosidase LuxS. In the present study, we...

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Main Authors: Zhongke Sun, Xiang He, Vincenzo F Brancaccio, Jing Yuan, Christian U Riedel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24505453/pdf/?tool=EBI