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The well-studied regulatory system for competence development in <i>B. subtilis</i> provided a genetic set-up based on quorum sensing that we used as a proof of principle <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12576575">[4]</a> (figure 1). </p> | The well-studied regulatory system for competence development in <i>B. subtilis</i> provided a genetic set-up based on quorum sensing that we used as a proof of principle <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12576575">[4]</a> (figure 1). </p> | ||
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<figcaption><b>Figure 1: The regulatory system for competence development in <i><b>Bacillus subtilis</b></i>.</b> | <figcaption><b>Figure 1: The regulatory system for competence development in <i><b>Bacillus subtilis</b></i>.</b> | ||
− | The development of genetic competence is stimulated by quorum sensing due to the secretion of the ComX pheromone and its accumulation in the surrounding medium. A detailed description is provided in the associated paragraph above. (Modified from: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22511326">Jung et al.</a> (2012) <i>Improvement of Surfactin Production in Bacillus subtilis Using Synthetic Wastewater by Overexpression of Specific Extracellular Signalling Peptides, comX and phrC.</i> Biotechnology and Bioengineering 109(9): 2350-2356) | + | The development of genetic competence is stimulated by quorum sensing due to the secretion of the ComX pheromone and its accumulation in the surrounding medium. A detailed description is provided in the associated paragraph above. (Modified from: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22511326">Jung <i>et al.</i></a> (2012) <i>Improvement of Surfactin Production in Bacillus subtilis Using Synthetic Wastewater by Overexpression of Specific Extracellular Signalling Peptides, comX and phrC.</i> Biotechnology and Bioengineering 109(9): 2350-2356) |
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