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Annual Review of Marine Science

Volume 9, 2017

Quorum Sensing in Marine Microbial Environments

Abstract

Quorum sensing (QS) is a form of chemical communication used by certain bacteria that regulates a wide range of biogeochemically important bacterial behaviors. Although QS was first observed in a marine bacterium nearly four decades ago, only in the past decade has there been a rise in interest in the role that QS plays in the ocean. It has become clear that QS, regulated by signals such as acylated homoserine lactones (AHLs) or furanosyl-borate diesters [autoinducer-2 (AI-2) molecules], is involved in important processes within the marine carbon cycle, in the health of coral reef ecosystems, and in trophic interactions between a range of eukaryotes and their bacterial associates. The most well-studied QS systems in the ocean occur in surface-attached (biofilm) communities and rely on AHL signaling. AHL-QS is highly sensitive to the chemical and biological makeup of the environment and may respond to anthropogenic change, including ocean acidification and rising sea surface temperatures.

Keyword(s): biofilm, marine bacteria, marine environment, quorum quenching, quorum sensing
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Quorum Sensing in Marine Microbial Environments
Annual Review of Marine Science 9, 257 (2017); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-010816-060656
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