Potential for <it>luxS </it>related signalling in marine bacteria and production of autoinducer-2 in the genus <it>Shewanella</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The autoinducer-2 (AI-2) group of signalling molecules are produced by both Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria as the by-product of a metabolic transformation carried out by the LuxS enzyme. They are the only non species-specif...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-01-01
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Series: | BMC Microbiology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/8/13 |