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- Title
Metabolism and function of phenazines in bacteria: impacts on the behavior of bacteria in the environment and biotechnological processes.
- Authors
Pierson III, Leland S.; Pierson, Elizabeth A.
- Abstract
Phenazines constitute a large group of nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds produced by a diverse range of bacteria. Both natural and synthetic phenazine derivatives are studied due their impacts on bacterial interactions and biotechnological processes. Phenazines serve as electron shuttles to alternate terminal acceptors, modify cellular redox states, act as cell signals that regulate patterns of gene expression, contribute to biofilm formation and architecture, and enhance bacterial survival. Phenazines have diverse effects on eukaryotic hosts and host tissues, including the modification of multiple host cellular responses. In plants, phenazines also may influence growth and elicit induced systemic resistance. Here, we discuss emerging evidence that phenazines play multiple roles for the producing organism and contribute to their behavior and ecological fitness.
- Subjects
PHENAZINE; METABOLITES; ANTIBIOTICS assay; MICROBIAL ecology; HETEROCYCLIC compounds; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL process monitoring; CHEMICAL reactions; GENE expression; BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Publication
Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, 2010, Vol 86, Issue 6, p1659
- ISSN
0175-7598
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00253-010-2509-3