| Title: | Role of bacterial volatile compounds in bacterial biology |
| Author(s): | Audrain B; Farag MA; Ryu CM; Ghigo JM; |
| Address: | "Institut Pasteur, Genetics of Biofilms Unit, Department of Microbiology, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France. Cairo University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmacognosy Department, Kasr El Aini Street, P.B. 11562, Cairo, Egypt. KRIBB, Molecular Phytobacteriology Laboratory, Daejeon 305-806, South Korea cmryu@kribb.re.kr. Institut Pasteur, Genetics of Biofilms Unit, Department of Microbiology, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France jmghigo@pasteur.fr" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1574-6976 (Electronic) 0168-6445 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Bacterial interactions with neighboring microorganisms via production of small metabolites enable bacteria to respond and adapt to environmental changes. The study of intercellular interactions primarily focused on soluble metabolites, but bacteria also produce and release into their headspace a wide variety of volatile secondary metabolites, the ecological roles of which have generally been overlooked. However, bacterial volatile compounds are known to contribute to interkingdom interactions (plant, fungi and nematodes), and recent studies also identified their at-a-distance influence on bacterial behavior. The present review describes the biological roles of bacterial volatile compounds in inter- and intraspecies bacterial interactions, a new and yet unexplored research area, with potential clinical and industrial applications" |
| Keywords: | Bacteria/chemistry/growth & development/*metabolism Biofilms/drug effects Microbial Interactions/drug effects/*physiology Virulence/drug effects Volatile Organic Compounds/*metabolism/pharmacology antibiotic resistance bacterial volatile compounds biofilm; |
| Notes: | "MedlineAudrain, Bianca Farag, Mohamed A Ryu, Choong-Min Ghigo, Jean-Marc eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review England 2015/03/01 FEMS Microbiol Rev. 2015 Mar; 39(2):222-33. doi: 10.1093/femsre/fuu013. Epub 2015 Feb 2" |
