Degradation of N-acyl-L-homoserine lactones by Bacillus cereus in culture media and pork extract.
Degradation of the quorum-sensing signal molecule N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone (AHL) in cocultures was verified with Bacillus cereus and Yersinia enterocolitica in culture medium and in pork extract. Results showed evidence of microbial interaction when the AHL-degrading bacterium and AHL-producing bacterium were cocultured in a food-simulating condition.
Medina-Martínez
Maria Stella
MS
Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Food Preservation, FBW-UGent, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Uyttendaele
Mieke
M
Rajkovic
Andreja
A
Nadal
Pol
P
Debevere
Johan
J
D015107:4-Butyrolactone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D003470:Culture Media; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D053038:Quorum Sensing; D013552:Swine; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000378:metabolism
D003470:Culture Media; C088386:homoserine lactone; D015107:4-Butyrolactone