Chemotaxis towards autoinducer 2 mediates autoaggregation in Escherichia coli

Leanid Laganenka; Remy Colin; Victor Sourjik

doi:10.1038/ncomms12984

Nature Communications (Sep 2016)

Chemotaxis towards autoinducer 2 mediates autoaggregation in Escherichia coli

Leanid Laganenka,
Remy Colin,
Victor Sourjik

Affiliations

Leanid Laganenka: Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology and LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO)
Remy Colin: Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology and LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO)
Victor Sourjik: Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology and LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12984
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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A small molecule (autoinducer 2, or AI-2) regulates biofilm formation and virulence in several bacteria, but its role in Escherichia coli is unknown. Here, Laganenka et al. show that chemotaxis towards self-produced AI-2 mediates autoaggregation and promotes stress resistance and biofilm formation in E. coli.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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