Relative contributions of vibrio polysaccharide and quorum sensing to the resistance of vibrio cholerae to predation by heterotrophic protists

• Main Authors: Sun, Shuyang, Kjelleberg, Staffan, McDougald, Diane
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Genetics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96408; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9894
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Protozoan grazing is a major mortality factor faced by bacteria in the environment. Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of the disease cholera, is a natural inhabitant of aquatic ecosystems, and its survival depends on its ability to respond to stresses, such as predation by heterotrophic protist...