Research output: Contribution to report/book/conference proceedings › In-proceedings paper
Role of Quorum Sensing in Resistance of Serratia plymuthica against Acanthamoeba castellanii. / Wevers, Eva; Moons, Pieter; Van Houdt, Rob; Aertsen, Abram; Michiels, Chris W.; Mergeay, Max (Peer reviewer).
Novel compounds and strategies to combat pathogenic microorganisms. Leuven, Belgium, 2006. p. 132-132.Research output: Contribution to report/book/conference proceedings › In-proceedings paper
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T1 - Role of Quorum Sensing in Resistance of Serratia plymuthica against Acanthamoeba castellanii
AU - Wevers, Eva
AU - Moons, Pieter
AU - Van Houdt, Rob
AU - Aertsen, Abram
AU - Michiels, Chris W.
A2 - Mergeay, Max
N1 - Score = 1
PY - 2006/11/24
Y1 - 2006/11/24
N2 - Free-living amoebae such as Acanthamoeba castellanii are ubiquitous in aquatic environments and most soil. They feed on bacteria which are ingested by phagocytosis and digested within food vacuoles. In this typical predator prey relationship bacteria are exposed to selection pressure by grazing of amoebae which caused the development of amoeba resistant bacteria. In this study the influence of the Serratia plymuthica quorum sensing system on its resistance against A. castellanii was investigated and apparently this system affects resistance. Further experiments will try to link this resistance to any of the known quorum sensing-regulated phenotypes.
AB - Free-living amoebae such as Acanthamoeba castellanii are ubiquitous in aquatic environments and most soil. They feed on bacteria which are ingested by phagocytosis and digested within food vacuoles. In this typical predator prey relationship bacteria are exposed to selection pressure by grazing of amoebae which caused the development of amoeba resistant bacteria. In this study the influence of the Serratia plymuthica quorum sensing system on its resistance against A. castellanii was investigated and apparently this system affects resistance. Further experiments will try to link this resistance to any of the known quorum sensing-regulated phenotypes.
KW - quorum sensing
KW - amoebae
KW - grazing
UR - http://ecm.sckcen.be/OTCS/llisapi.dll/open/ezp_34825
UR - http://knowledgecentre.sckcen.be/so2/bibref/3804
M3 - In-proceedings paper
SP - 132
EP - 132
BT - Novel compounds and strategies to combat pathogenic microorganisms
CY - Leuven, Belgium
ER -
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