Title: | "CSF, a species-specific extracellular signaling peptide for communication among strains of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus mojavensis" |
Author(s): | Pottathil M; Jung A; Lazazzera BA; |
Address: | "Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1098-5530 (Electronic) 0021-9193 (Print) 0021-9193 (Linking) |
Abstract: | ComX and CSF are Bacillus subtilis extracellular signaling peptides. Many different strains of B. subtilis do not communicate due to strain-specific variation of ComX. We demonstrate that CSF is a species-specific signaling molecule that partially compensates for the lack of ComX-mediated communication between different strains of B. subtilis |
Keywords: | Bacillus/*physiology Bacillus subtilis/physiology Bacterial Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism/physiology Bacteriological Techniques Esterases/chemistry Molecular Sequence Data Pheromones/metabolism Quorum Sensing/*physiology Repressor Proteins/chemistry Spec; |
Notes: | "MedlinePottathil, Mridula Jung, April Lazazzera, Beth A eng R01 AI048616/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ T32 GM007185/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ GM07185/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ AI48616/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural 2008/04/01 J Bacteriol. 2008 Jun; 190(11):4095-9. doi: 10.1128/JB.00187-08. Epub 2008 Mar 28" |