Regulation of bacteria population behaviors by AI-2 “consumer cells” and “supplier cells”

Abstract Background Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) is a universal signal molecule and enables an individual bacteria to communicate with each other and ultimately control behaviors of the population. Harnessing the character of AI-2, two kinds of AI-2 “controller cells” (“consumer cells” and “supplier cells”)...

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Main Authors: Yufen Quan, Fankang Meng, Xinyu Ma, Xinhao Song, Xiao Liu, Weixia Gao, Yulei Dang, Yao Meng, Mingfeng Cao, Cunjiang Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-017-1107-2