ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2007
Cross-kingdom signalling: exploitation of bacterial quorum sensing molecules by the green seaweed Ulva.
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- Bacterial Community Assembly, Succession, and Metabolic Function during Outdoor Cultivation ofmSphere · 2022Article
- Role of microalgal metabolites in controlling quorum-sensing-regulated biofilm.Archives of microbiology · 2022Review
- Towards the Idea of Molecular Brains.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
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- The Multifaceted Inhibitory Effects of an Alkylquinolone on the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2020Article
- Exploring the Influence of Signal Molecules on Marine Biofilms Development.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
The green seaweed Ulva has been shown to detect signal molecules produced by bacteria. Biofilms that release N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs) attract zoospores--the motile reproductive stages of Ulva. The evidence for AHL involvement is based on several independent lines of evidence, including the observation that zoospores are attracted to wild-type bacteria that produce AHLs but are not attracted to mutants that do not produce signal molecules. Synthetic AHL also attracts zoospores and the attraction is lost in the presence of autoinducer inactivation (AiiA) protein. The mechanism of attraction is not chemotactic but involves chemokinesis. When zoospores detect AHLs, the swimming rate is reduced and this results in accumulation of cells at the source of the AHL. It has been demonstrated that the detection of AHLs results in calcium influx into the zoospore. This is the first example of a calcium signalling event in a eukaryote in response to bacterial quorum sensing molecules. The role of AHLs in the ecology of Ulva is discussed. It is probable that AHLs act as cues for the settlement of zoospores, rather than being directly involved as a signalling mechanism.
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