Necrotrophism Is a Quorum-Sensing-Regulated Lifestyle in Bacillus thuringiensis

How pathogenic bacteria infect and kill their host is currently widely investigated. In comparison, the fate of pathogens after the death of their host receives less attention. We studied Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) infection of an insect host, and show that NprR, a quorum sensor, is active after de...

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Main Authors: Dubois, Thomas, Faegri, Karoline, Perchat, Stéphane, Lemy, Christelle, Buisson, Christophe, Nielsen-LeRoux, Christina, Gohar, Michel, Jacques, Philippe, Ramarao, Nalini, Kolstø, Anne-Brit, Lereclus, Didier
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3325205/