This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Right arrow Copyright Information
Right arrow Books from ASM Press
Right arrow MicrobeWorld
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Latour, X.
Right arrow Articles by Orange, N.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Latour, X.
Right arrow Articles by Orange, N.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by Latour, X.
Right arrow Articles by Orange, N.

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2007, p. 4078-4081, Vol. 73, No. 12
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.02681-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

SHORT REPORT

Thermoregulation of N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone-Based Quorum Sensing in the Soft Rot Bacterium Pectobacterium atrosepticum{triangledown}

Xavier Latour,1* Stéphanie Diallo,1 Sylvie Chevalier,1 Danièle Morin,2 Bruno Smadja,1 Jean-François Burini,1 Dominique Haras,2 and Nicole Orange1

Laboratoire de Microbiologie du Froid - UPRES 2123, Université de Rouen, 55 rue Saint-Germain, F-27000 Evreux, France,1 Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et Chimie Marines, Université de Bretagne-Sud, B.P. 92116, F-56321 Lorient cedex, France2

Received 16 November 2006/ Accepted 21 April 2007

The psychrotolerant bacterium Pectobacterium atrosepticum produces four N-acyl homoserine lactones under a wide range of temperatures. Their thermoregulation differs from that of the exoenzyme production, described as being under quorum-sensing control. A mechanism involved in this thermoregulation consists of controlling N-acyl homoserine lactones synthase production at a transcriptional level.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de Microbiologie du Froid - UPRES 2123, Université de Rouen, 55 rue Saint-Germain, F-27000 Evreux, France. Phone: 33 2 32291549. Fax: 33 2 32291550. E-mail: xavier.latour{at}univ-rouen.fr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 27 April 2007.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2007, p. 4078-4081, Vol. 73, No. 12
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.02681-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





Copyright © 2009 by the American Society for Microbiology.   For an alternate route to Journals.ASM.org, visit: http://intl-journals.asm.org | More Info»