VarR controls colonization and virulence in the marine macroalgal pathogen Nautella italica R11

• Main Authors: Gardiner, Melissa, Fernandes, Neil D., Nowakowski, Dennis, Raftery, Mark, Kjelleberg, Staffan, Zhong, Ling, Thomas, Torsten, Egan, Suhelen
• Other Authors: Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Delisea pulchra; Macroalgae; Quorum sensing; Bacterial biofilms; Seaweed disease; Microbial interactions; Solo LuxR-type regulator
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80978; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39026
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

There is increasing evidence to suggest that macroalgae (seaweeds) are susceptible to infectious disease. However, to date, little is known about the mechanisms that facilitate the colonization and virulence of microbial seaweed pathogens. One well-described example of a seaweed disease is the bleac...