Developing Cyanobacterial Quorum Sensing Toolkits: Toward Interspecies Coordination in Mixed Autotroph/Heterotroph Communities
Emmanuel J. Kokarakis, Rees Rillema, Daniel C. Ducat, Jonathan K. Sakkos
Abstract
strains accumulated biologically synthesized AHLs within the supernatant and activated receiver strains similarly to exogenous AHL activation. Our results will bolster the design of sophisticated genetic circuits in cyanobacterial/heterotroph consortia and the engineering of QS-like behaviors across cyanobacterial populations.
Topics & Concepts
Quorum sensingBioproductionBiologySynthetic biologyAutotrophHeterotrophCyanobacteriaHomoserineComputational biologyBiochemistryBiofilmGeneticsBacteriaBacterial biofilms and quorum sensingPlant and Biological Electrophysiology StudiesMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology