Involvement of Flagellin in Kin Recognition between Bacillus velezensis Strains
Yan Liu, Rong Huang, Yuqi Chen, Youzhi Miao, Polonca Štefanič, Ines Mandić-Mulec, Ruifu Zhang, Qirong Shen, Zhihui Xu
Abstract
has not been reported. By using rhizospheric Bacillus velezensis SQR9, we accomplished flagellin region interchange among its related strains, and show that flagellin acts as a mediator to distinguish kin from non-kin in B. velezensis. We demonstrated the polymorphism of flagellin in B. velezensis through alignment analysis of flagellin protein sequences. Therefore, it was proposed that flagellin was likely to be an effective tool for mediating kin recognition in B. velezensis.
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FlagellinKin recognitionKin selectionBacillus (shape)BiologyPopulationBacteriaSelection (genetic algorithm)CommunicationMicrobiologyGeneticsEvolutionary biologyPsychologyMedicineArtificial intelligenceComputer scienceEnvironmental healthBacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyBacteriophages and microbial interactionsBacterial biofilms and quorum sensing