The fitness burden imposed by synthesizing quorum sensing signals
Avika Ruparell, Jean Frederic Dubern, Cartherine A Ortori, Freya Harrison, Nigel M Halliday, Abigail Emtage, Mahmoud Ashawesh, Charles A Laughton, Steve Diggle, Paul Williams, David A Barrett, Kim Rachael Hardie
This study demonstrates that producing quorum sensing signal molecules (QSSMs) incurs fitness costs to bacterial cells, as shown by growth defects and metabolic changes.
bioRxiv · Apr 26, 2016Microbiology