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PhD Seminar
By Abraham Mikru Teklemichael
• “Molecular dialogue”
• Bacterial ‘talk’ to each other & ‘ccrosstalk’
• Bacterial chemical communication or
signaling
Hydrophilic head
Hydrophobic tail
Acyl side chain Homoserine lactone
ring
Variability
•n= C4 -C18
•R= H, O, OH
•Unsaturation
Abraham Mikru PhD seminar AAU 2010 7
Synthesis and accumulation
growth
Quorum
size
[AHLs]
• cinI/cinR
• raiI/raiR
• rhiI/rhiR
• traI/traR
R. leguminosarum, S. meliloti
R. leguminosarum
S. meliloti