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N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone Quorum Sensing in Gram-Negative Rhizobacteria

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Secondary Metabolites in Soil Ecology

Part of the book series: Soil Biology ((SOILBIOL,volume 14))

In the last 15 years microbiologists have become aware that in most bacteria a major level of regulation exists which involves intercellular communication via the production and response to signal molecules. The concentration of the signal molecules increases alongside the bacterial population density and when it reaches a critical level, when a sufficient number of cells are present, bacteria respond and modulate gene expression. This cell-density-dependent modulation of gene expression has been termed quorum sensing (QS) (Fuqua et al. 1994). This allows bacteria to modify their behavior and act as multicellular entities; it is believed that in natural ecosystems bacteria are always aiming at establishing communities rather than choosing to exist as solitary cells. The reason being that intercellular communication provides significant advantages to a group of bacteria such as improving access to environmental niches, enhancing its defense capabilities against other microorganisms or eukaryotic host-defense mechanisms, and facilitating the adaptation to changing environmental conditions.

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Ferluga, S., Steindler, L., Venturi, V. (2008). N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone Quorum Sensing in Gram-Negative Rhizobacteria. In: Karlovsky, P. (eds) Secondary Metabolites in Soil Ecology. Soil Biology, vol 14. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74543-3_4

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