Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19683678›Full record

ReviewCell host & microbe2009

Microbial telesensing: probing the environment for friends, foes, and food.

Agnès Roux, Shelley M Payne, Michael S Gilmore

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In one paragraph

Review in Cell host & microbe, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Comparative metabolomic profiling ofFrontiers in chemistry · 2023
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  13. Effects of Sevoflurane Inhalation Anesthesia on the Intestinal Microbiome in Mice.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021
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  17. Molecular assessment of accessory gene regulator (Iranian journal of microbiology · 2018
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  20. Pirated Siderophores Promote Sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Agnès RouxSchepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Shelley M Payne
Michael S Gilmore

Funding

ROLE OF CARBON METABOLISM AND VIRULENCE OF SHIGELLA FLEXNERIR37AI016935 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN · PI Shelley M. Payne · 2003 to 2026
$6.0M
E. faecalis Pathogenicity IslandR01AI072360 · NIAID · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI GILMORE, MICHAEL S · 2007 to 2017
$3.8M
TOXINS AND ENDOPHTHALMITISR01EY008289 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI GILMORE, MICHAEL S, GREGORY-KSANDER, MEREDITH · 1989 to 2012
$3.7M
Role of carbon metabolism in virulence of Shigella flexneriR01AI016935 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN · PI PAYNE, SHELLEY M. · 1985 to 2017
$2.6M
Adherence and Colonization in KeratitisR01EY017381 · NEI · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI GILMORE, MICHAEL S · 2007 to 2011
$2.0M
V. cholerae iron transport mechanisms and pathogenesisR01AI050669 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN · PI PAYNE, SHELLEY M. · 2002 to 2006
$1.5M
Iron transport and its role in pathogenesis of Vibrio choleraeR56AI050669 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI PAYNE, SHELLEY M. · 2008 to 2009
$742k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial-sensing circuits may be triggered by molecules originating from the environment (e.g., nutrients and chemoattractants). Bacteria also actively probe the environment for information by releasing molecular probes to measure conditions beyond the cell surface: a process known as telesensing. Perceiving the environment beyond is achieved by sensing environmentally induced changes in those probes, as occurs when a siderophore chelates an iron atom or a quorum-sensing signal is inactivated by a specific enzyme or adsorbent. This information, captured by chemical and physical changes induced in specifically produced molecules transiting through the environment, enables bacteria to mount a contextually appropriate response.

Indexed as

Bacterial Physiological PhenomenaGene Expression Regulation, BacterialQuorum SensingSignal Transduction

Identifiers

PMID19683678
PMCPMC2766869

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