Lack of AHL-based quorum sensing in Pseudomonas fluorescens isolated from milk
Braz. j. microbiol
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45(3): 1039-1046, July-Sept. 2014. ilus, graf, tab
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ABSTRACT
Numerous bacteria coordinate gene expression in response to small signalling molecules in many cases known as acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs), which accumulate as a function of cell density in a process known as quorum sensing. This work aimed to determine if phenotypes that are important to define microbial activity in foods such as biofilm formation, swarming motility and proteolytic activity of two Pseudomonas fluorescens strains, isolated from refrigerated raw milk, are influenced by AHL molecules. The tested P. fluorescens strains did not produce AHL molecules in none of the evaluated media. We found that biofilm formation was dependent on the culture media, but it was not influenced by AHLs. Our results indicate that biofilm formation, swarming motility and proteolytic activity of the tested P. fluorescens strains are not regulated by acyl-homoserine lactones. It is likely that AHL-dependent quorum sensing system is absent from these strains.
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Assunto principal:
Pseudomonas fluorescens
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Leite
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Percepção de Quorum
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Acil-Butirolactonas
Limite:
Animais
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Braz. j. microbiol
Assunto da revista:
Microbiologia
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sudeste de Minas Gerais/BR
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