Indole as an intercellular signal in microbial communities

JH Lee, J Lee - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Bacteria can utilize signal molecules to coordinate their behavior to survive in dynamic
multispecies communities. Indole is widespread in the natural environment, as a variety of …

Agents that inhibit bacterial biofilm formation

N Rabin, Y Zheng, C Opoku-Temeng, Y Du… - Future medicinal …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
In the biofilm form, bacteria are more resistant to various antimicrobial treatments. Bacteria in
a biofilm can also survive harsh conditions and withstand the host's immune system …

Antibiofilm agents: A new perspective for antimicrobial strategy

XH Li, JH Lee - Journal of Microbiology, 2017 - Springer
Biofilms are complex microbial architectures that attach to surfaces and encase
microorganisms in a matrix composed of self-produced hydrated extracellular polymeric …

[HTML][HTML] Biodegradation and biotransformation of indole: advances and perspectives

Q Ma, X Zhang, Y Qu - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Indole is long regarded as a typical N-heterocyclic aromatic pollutant in industrial and
agricultural wastewater, and recently it has been identified as a versatile signaling molecule …

[HTML][HTML] Indole is an inter-species biofilm signal mediated by SdiA

J Lee, A Jayaraman, TK Wood - BMC microbiology, 2007 - Springer
Background As a stationary phase signal, indole is secreted in large quantities into rich
medium by Escherichia coli and has been shown to control several genes (eg, astD, tnaB …

Bacterial quorum sensing: signals, circuits, and implications for biofilms and disease

A Jayaraman, TK Wood - Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Communication between bacteria, belonging to the same species or to different species, is
mediated through different chemical signals that are synthesized and secreted by bacteria …

DCEO biotechnology: tools to design, construct, evaluate, and optimize the metabolic pathway for biosynthesis of chemicals

X Chen, C Gao, L Guo, G Hu, Q Luo, J Liu… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Chemical synthesis is a well established route for producing many chemicals on a large
scale, but some drawbacks still exist in this process, such as unstable intermediates …

Indole and 7‐hydroxyindole diminish Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence

J Lee, C Attila, SLG Cirillo, JD Cirillo… - Microbial …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Indole is an extracellular biofilm signal for Escherichia coli, and many bacterial oxygenases
readily convert indole to various oxidized compounds including 7‐hydroxyindole (7HI). Here …

Indole: a signaling molecule or a mere metabolic byproduct that alters bacterial physiology at a high concentration?

J Kim, W Park - Journal of Microbiology, 2015 - Springer
Indole is an organic compound that is widespread in microbial communities inhabiting
diverse habitats, like the soil environment and human intestines. Measurement of indole …

Diet–host–microbiota interactions shape aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligand production to modulate intestinal homeostasis

H Han, S Safe, A Jayaraman… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-activated basic-helix-loop-helix
transcription factor that binds structurally diverse ligands and senses cues from …