Aviad Mandabi, Hadas Ganin, Pnina Krief, Josep Rayo and Michael M. Meijler
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 5322-5325
DOI:
10.1039/C3CC47501H,
Communication
The discovery that plant smoke contains germination stimuli has led to the identification of a new class of signaling molecules named karrikins. Here we report a potential second role for these molecules: in various bacterial species – A. tumefaciens, P. aeruginosa and V. harveyi – they modulate bacterial quorum-sensing (QS), with very different outcomes.
