Quorum-sensing signaling is required for production of the antibiotic pyrrolnitrin in a rhizospheric biocontrol strain of Serratia plymuthica

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 299-305

  Liu, Xiaoguang ^a,b   Bimerew, Mohammed ^c   Ma, Yingxin ^b   Müller, Henry ^d,e   Ovadis, Marianna ^c   Eberl, Leo ^f   Berg, Gabriele ^d,e   Chernin, Leonid ^c  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antifungal compounds; Biocontrol; Insertion mutagenesis; N acyl homoserine lactones; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria

Indexed keywords

N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PYRROLNITRIN;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; RAPESEED; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHIZOSPHERE; SERRATIA PLYMUTHICA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTICILLIUM;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PYRROLNITRIN; QUORUM SENSING; SERRATIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA NAPUS; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIALES; SERRATIA PLYMUTHICA;

EID: 34247104652     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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