Metabolic Exchange and Energetic Coupling between Nutritionally Stressed Bacterial Species: Role of Quorum-Sensing Molecules

David Ranava; Cassandra Backes; Ganesan Karthikeyan; Olivier Ouari; Audrey Soric; Marianne Guiral; María Luz Cárdenas; Marie Thérèse Giudici-Orticoni

doi:10.1128/mBio.02758-20

mBio (Feb 2021)

Metabolic Exchange and Energetic Coupling between Nutritionally Stressed Bacterial Species: Role of Quorum-Sensing Molecules

David Ranava,
Cassandra Backes,
Ganesan Karthikeyan,
Olivier Ouari,
Audrey Soric,
Marianne Guiral,
María Luz Cárdenas,
Marie Thérèse Giudici-Orticoni

Affiliations

David Ranava: ORCiD; CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, Bioenergetic and Protein Engineering Laboratory, Mediterranean Institute of Microbiology, Marseille, France
Cassandra Backes: CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, Bioenergetic and Protein Engineering Laboratory, Mediterranean Institute of Microbiology, Marseille, France
Ganesan Karthikeyan: Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, UMR 7273, ICR, Marseille, France
Olivier Ouari: Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, UMR 7273, ICR, Marseille, France
Audrey Soric: Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, M2P2, Marseille, France
Marianne Guiral: CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, Bioenergetic and Protein Engineering Laboratory, Mediterranean Institute of Microbiology, Marseille, France
María Luz Cárdenas: CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, Bioenergetic and Protein Engineering Laboratory, Mediterranean Institute of Microbiology, Marseille, France
Marie Thérèse Giudici-Orticoni: CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, Bioenergetic and Protein Engineering Laboratory, Mediterranean Institute of Microbiology, Marseille, France

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02758-20
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1

Abstract

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Bacteria have usually been studied in single culture in rich media or under specific starvation conditions. However, in nature they coexist with other microorganisms and build an advanced society.

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ISSN: 2161-2129 (Print); 2150-7511 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/mbio

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