Editorial: Plant responses to bacterial quorum sensing molecules.

Anton Hartmann,Adam Schikora

doi:10.3389/fpls.2015.00643

Anton Hartmann, Adam Schikora

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https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00643

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Abstract

Editorial: Plant responses to bacterial quorum sensing molecules.

Highlights

Since the discovery of the phenomenon in the 70s and the introduction of the term two decades later (Nealson et al, 1970; Fuqua and Winans, 1994), our knowledge about quorum sensing (QS) in bacterial populations has reached a quite high level
Much of this knowledge was collected in the medical field, where QS molecules play an essential role in the pathogenicity of certain bacteria toward humans
Plant-bacteria interactions are influenced by the presence of QS molecules and we commence to understand the underlying mechanisms

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Introduction

Since the discovery of the phenomenon in the 70s and the introduction of the term two decades later (Nealson et al, 1970; Fuqua and Winans, 1994), our knowledge about quorum sensing (QS) in bacterial populations has reached a quite high level. Throughout the last years progressively more information was available on the role of QS molecules during the inter-kingdom interactions between bacteria and the eukaryotic hosts, like humans, animals, or plants. Plant-bacteria interactions are influenced by the presence of QS molecules and we commence to understand the underlying mechanisms.

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