AidP, a novel N-Acyl homoserine lactonase gene from Antarctic Planococcus sp.

• Main Authors: See-Too, W.S., Ee, R., Lim, Y.L., Convey, P., Pearce, D.A., Yin, Wai Fong, Chan, Kok Gan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19033/1/AidP%2C_a_novel_N-acyl_homoserine_lactonase_gene_from_Antarctic_Planococcus_sp..pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/19033/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep42968

Planococcus is a Gram-positive halotolerant bacterial genus in the phylum Firmicutes, commonly found in various habitats in Antarctica. Quorum quenching (QQ) is the disruption of bacterial cell-to-cell communication (known as quorum sensing), which has previously been described in mesophilic bacteri...