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CRC Crit Rev Plant Sci

Title:		Quorum sensing is a language of chemical signals and plays an ecological role in algal-bacterial interactions
Author(s):		Zhou J; Lyu Y; Richlen M; Anderson DM; Cai Z;
Address:		"The Division of Ocean Science and Technology, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China. South China Sea Environment Monitoring Center, State Oceanic Administration, Guangzhou, 510300, P. R. China. Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Rd., MS 32, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 02543, USA"
Journal Title:		CRC Crit Rev Plant Sci
Year:		2016
Volume:		20160504
Issue:		2
Page Number:		81 - 105
DOI:		10.1080/07352689.2016.1172461
ISSN/ISBN:		0735-2689 (Print) 0735-2689 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Algae are ubiquitous in the marine environment, and the ways in which they interact with bacteria are of particular interest in marine ecology field. The interactions between primary producers and bacteria impact the physiology of both partners, alter the chemistry of their environment, and shape microbial diversity. Although algal-bacterial interactions are well known and studied, information regarding the chemical-ecological role of this relationship remains limited, particularly with respect to quorum sensing (QS), which is a system of stimuli and response correlated to population density. In the microbial biosphere, QS is pivotal in driving community structure and regulating behavioral ecology, including biofilm formation, virulence, antibiotic resistance, swarming motility, and secondary metabolite production. Many marine habitats, such as the phycosphere, harbour diverse populations of microorganisms and various signal languages (such as QS-based autoinducers). QS-mediated interactions widely influence algal-bacterial symbiotic relationships, which in turn determine community organization, population structure, and ecosystem functioning. Understanding infochemicals-mediated ecological processes may shed light on the symbiotic interactions between algae host and associated microbes. In this review, we summarize current achievements about how QS modulates microbial behavior, affects symbiotic relationships, and regulates phytoplankton chemical ecological processes. Additionally, we present an overview of QS-modulated co-evolutionary relationships between algae and bacterioplankton, and consider the potential applications and future perspectives of QS"
Keywords:		algal-bacterial relationships bacterioplankton co-evolution ecological behaviors phytoplankton signal language;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEZhou, Jin Lyu, Yihua Richlen, Mindy Anderson, Donald M Cai, Zhonghua eng P01 ES021923/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ 2016/01/01 CRC Crit Rev Plant Sci. 2016; 35(2):81-105. doi: 10.1080/07352689.2016.1172461. Epub 2016 May 4"