Exploring AI-2-mediated interspecies communications within rumen microbial communities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rumen is an ecosystem with a complex microbial microflora in which microbes initiate biofilm formation by attaching to plant surfaces for plant degradation and are capable of converting feed to nutrients and energy via microbial processes. Quorum sensing (QS) is a cell-to-cell communication mechanism that allows microbes to synchronize the expression of multiple genes in the group to perform social behaviors such as chemotaxis and biofilm formation using self-synthesized QS signaling molecules. Whereas QS has been extensively studied in model microorganisms under pure culture conditions, QS mechanisms are poorly understood in complex bacterial communities, such as the rumen microflora, in which cell-to-cell communication may be common.

Results

Here, we analyze

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9540692 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature