Role of bacterial volatile compounds in bacterial biology.
Bacterial interactions with neighboring microorganisms via production of small metabolites enable bacteria to respond and adapt to environmental changes. The study of intercellular interactions primarily focused on soluble metabolites, but bacteria also produce and release into their headspace a wide variety of volatile secondary metabolites, the ecological roles of which have generally been overlooked. However, bacterial volatile compounds are known to contribute to interkingdom interactions (plant, fungi and nematodes), and recent studies also identified their at-a-distance influence on bacterial behavior. The present review describes the biological roles of bacterial volatile compounds in inter- and intraspecies bacterial interactions, a new and yet unexplored research area, with potential clinical and industrial applications.
Institut Pasteur, Genetics of Biofilms Unit, Department of Microbiology, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France.
Bianca
B
Audrain
Cairo University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmacognosy Department, Kasr El Aini Street, P.B. 11562, Cairo, Egypt.
Mohamed A
MA
Farag
KRIBB, Molecular Phytobacteriology Laboratory, Daejeon 305-806, South Korea cmryu@kribb.re.kr.
Choong-Min
CM
Ryu
Institut Pasteur, Genetics of Biofilms Unit, Department of Microbiology, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France jmghigo@pasteur.fr.
Jean-Marc
JM
Ghigo
D001419:Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D018441:Biofilms / Q000187:drug effects; D056265:Microbial Interactions / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014774:Virulence / Q000187:drug effects; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology
D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds
antibiotic resistance; bacterial volatile compounds; biofilm; pathogenesis