Acinetobacter is emerging as one of the major nosocomial infectious pathogens, facilitated by tolerance to desiccation and multidrug resistance. Quorum sensing (autoinducer-receptor mechanism) plays role in biofilm formation in Acinetobacter, though its role in regulation of other virulence factors is yet to be established. Phylogenetic studies indicate that Acinetobacter baumannii is closely related to Burkholderia ambifaria but its quorum sensing genes (abaI and abaR) were acquired horizontally from Halothiobacillus neapolitanus. The prospects of quorum quenching to control the infections caused by Acinetobacter have also been discussed.</.
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Univ Zagreb, Fac Pharm & Biochem, Dept Biochem & Mol Biol, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
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Venturi, Vittorio
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Univ Zagreb, Fac Pharm & Biochem, Dept Biochem & Mol Biol, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
Int Ctr Genet Engn & Biotechnol, Bacteriol Grp, I-34149 Trieste, ItalyUniv Zagreb, Fac Pharm & Biochem, Dept Biochem & Mol Biol, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
Babic, Fedora
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Venturi, Vittorio
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Int Ctr Genet Engn & Biotechnol, Bacteriol Grp, I-34149 Trieste, ItalyUniv Zagreb, Fac Pharm & Biochem, Dept Biochem & Mol Biol, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
Venturi, Vittorio
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