Research article
Lack of genomic evidence of AI-2 receptors suggests a non-quorum sensing role for luxS in most bacteria
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* Corresponding author: Fabio Rezzonico fabio.rezzonico@acw.admin.ch
Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW, Division of Plant Protection, CH-8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:154 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-8-154
Published: 20 September 2008Additional files
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Table 1s. Relationship between the presence of the luxS gene, genes encoding known AI-2 receptors and QS-2 dependent behavior in studies performed on bacteria, with short description of the results obtained in each work cited.
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Figure 1s. Phylogenetic relationships among sequenced Bacillus species on the basis of complete luxS sequences and the presence of the lsrB receptor in the respective genomes.
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