Whole-Genome Analysis of Quorum-Sensing Burkholderia sp. Strain A9.

Kok Gan ChanJian Woon ChenKok Keng TeeChien-Yi ChangWai-Fong YinXin-Yue Chan

Published in: Genome announcements (2015)

Burkholderia spp. rely on N-acyl homoserine lactone as quorum-sensing signal molecules which coordinate their phenotype at the population level. In this work, we present the whole genome of Burkholderia sp. strain A9, which enables the discovery of its N-acyl homoserine lactone synthase gene.

Keyphrases

small molecule
fatty acid
copy number
high throughput
genome wide
gene expression
transcription factor