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SUBMITTER: Toyofuku M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5437348 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The ISME journal 20170310 6
The classical quorum-sensing (QS) model is based on the assumption that diffusible signaling molecules accumulate in the culture medium until they reach a critical concentration upon which expression of target genes is triggered. Here we demonstrate that the hydrophobic signal N-hexadecanoyl-L-homoserine lactone, which is produced by Paracoccus sp., is released from cells by the aid of membrane vesicles (MVs). Packed into MVs, the signal is not only solubilized in an aqueous environment but is a ...[more]