The ComP-ComA Quorum System Is Essential For “Trojan horse” Like Pathogenesis in Bacillus nematocida

Xidan Deng; Yunxia Tian; Qiuhong Niu; Xiao’e Xu; Hui Shi; Hanbo Zhang; Lianming Liang; Keqin Zhang; Xiaowei Huang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076920

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The ComP-ComA Quorum System Is Essential For “Trojan horse” Like Pathogenesis in Bacillus nematocida

Xidan Deng ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xidan Deng, Yunxia Tian

Affiliations Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources and Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, PR China, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, PR China
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Yunxia Tian ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xidan Deng, Yunxia Tian

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources and Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, PR China
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Qiuhong Niu,

Affiliation School of Life Science and Technology, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, Henan, PR China
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Xiao’e Xu,

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources and Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, PR China
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Hui Shi,

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources and Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, PR China
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Hanbo Zhang,

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources and Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, PR China
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Lianming Liang,

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources and Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, PR China
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Keqin Zhang ,

* E-mail: kqzhang@ynu.edu.cn (KZ); xwhuang@ynu.edu.cn (XH)

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources and Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, PR China
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Xiaowei Huang

* E-mail: kqzhang@ynu.edu.cn (KZ); xwhuang@ynu.edu.cn (XH)

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources and Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, PR China
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The ComP-ComA Quorum System Is Essential For “Trojan horse” Like Pathogenesis in Bacillus nematocida

Xidan Deng,
Yunxia Tian,
Qiuhong Niu,
Xiao’e Xu,
Hui Shi,
Hanbo Zhang,
Lianming Liang,
Keqin Zhang,
Xiaowei Huang

Published: October 9, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076920

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