Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Surface association sensitizes Pseudomonas aeruginosa to quorum sensing

  • Sara K. Chuang,
  • Geoffrey D. Vrla,
  • Kathrin S. Fröhlich,
  • Zemer Gitai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12153-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Surface association and quorum sensing regulate bacterial community behaviours such as biofilm formation and motility. Here, Chuang et al. show that surface association promotes stronger quorum-sensing responses in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by upregulating the master regulator LasR.