Chemotaxis towards autoinducer 2 mediates autoaggregation in Escherichia coli
A small molecule (autoinducer 2, or AI-2) regulates biofilm formation and virulence in several bacteria, but its role in Escherichia coli is unknown. Here, Laganenka et al. show that chemotaxis towards self-produced AI-2 mediates autoaggregation and promotes stress resistance and biofilm formation i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2016-09-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12984 |