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SUBMITTER: Martinez E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6377657 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Martínez Eriel E Cosnahan Rachael K RK Wu Mousheng M Gadila Shiva K SK Quick Eric B EB Mobley James A JA Campos-Gómez Javier J
Communications biology 20190215
Oxygenated unsaturated fatty acids, known as oxylipins, are signaling molecules commonly used for cell-to-cell communication in eukaryotes. However, a role for oxylipins in mediating communication in prokaryotes has not previously been described. Bacteria mainly communicate via quorum sensing, which involves the production and detection of diverse small molecules termed autoinducers. Here we show that oleic acid-derived oxylipins produced by <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> function as autoinducers ...[more]