Vipin Chandra Kalia1, Chunjie Gong2, Sanjay K S Patel1, Jung-Kul Lee1. 1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea. 2. National "111" Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China.
Abstract
Microbes operate their metabolic activities at a unicellular level. However, it has been revealed that a few metabolic activities only prove beneficial to microbes if operated at high cell densities. These cell density-dependent activities termed quorum sensing (QS) operate through specific chemical signals. In Gram-negative bacteria, the most widely reported QS signals are acylhomoserine lactones. In contrast, a novel QS-like system has been elucidated, regulating communication between microbes and plants through strigolactones. These systems regulate bioprocesses, which affect the health of plants, animals, and human beings. This mini-review presents recent developments in the QS and QS-like signal molecules in promoting plant health.
Microbes operate their metabolic activities at a unicellular level. However, it has been revealed that a few metabolic activities only n class="Chemical">prove beneficial to microbes if operated at high cell densities. These cell density-dependent activities termed quorum sensing (QS) operate through specific chemical signals. In Gram-negative bacteria, the most widely reported QS signals are acylhomoserine lactones. In contrast, a novel QS-like system has been elucidated, regulating communication between microbes and plants through strigolactones. These systems regulate bioprocesses, which affect the health of plants, animals, and human beings. This mini-review presents recent developments in the QS and QS-like signal molecules in promoting plant health.
Authors: Alba E Hernándiz; Carlos Eduardo Aucique-Perez; Sanja Ćavar Zeljković; Nikola Štefelová; Sara Salcedo Sarmiento; Lukáš Spíchal; Nuria De Diego Journal: Plants (Basel) Date: 2022-05-11