%0 Journal Article
%T Long Chain N-acyl Homoserine Lactone Production by Enterobacter sp. Isolated from Human Tongue Surfaces
%A Wai-Fong Yin
%A Kathiravan Purmal
%A Shenyang Chin
%A Xin-Yue Chan
%A Kok-Gan Chan
%J Sensors
%D 2012
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/s121114307
%X We report the isolation of N-acyl homoserine lactone-producing Enterobacter sp. isolate T1-1 from the posterior dorsal surfaces of the tongue of a healthy individual. Spent supernatants extract from Enterobacter sp. isolate T1-1 activated the biosensor Agrobacterium tumefaciens NTL4(pZLR4), suggesting production of long chain AHLs by these isolates. High resolution mass spectrometry analysis of these extracts confirmed that Enterobacter sp. isolate T1-1 produced a long chain N-acyl homoserine lactone, namely N-dodecanoyl-homoserine lactone (C12-HSL). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first isolation of Enterobacter sp., strain T1-1 from the posterior dorsal surface of the human tongue and N-acyl homoserine lactones production by this bacterium.
%K N-acylhomoserine lactone
%K N-dodecanoyl-L-homoserine lactone (C12-HSL)
%K oral cavity
%K posterior dorsal surface
%K quorum sensing
%K tongue
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/12/11/14307