Steve Atkinson

N-acylhomoserine lactones undergo lactonolysis in a pH-, temperature-, and acyl chain length-dependent manner during growth of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Quorum sensing in Yersinia enterocolitica controls swimming and swarming motility.

Comprehensive profiling of N-acylhomoserine lactones produced by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis using liquid chromatography coupled to hybrid quadrupole-linear ion trap mass spectrometry.

Functional interplay between the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis YpsRI and YtbRI quorum sensing systems modulates swimming motility by controlling expression of flhDC and fliA.

Functional characterization of FlgM in the regulation of flagellar synthesis and motility in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.

OmpR positively regulates urease expression to enhance acid survival of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.

Turnover of quorum sensing signal molecules modulates cross-kingdom signalling.

Positive regulation of flhDC expression by OmpR in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.

Quorum sensing and social networking in the microbial world.

Biofilm development on Caenorhabditis elegans by Yersinia is facilitated by quorum sensing-dependent repression of type III secretion.

Manipulation of quorum sensing regulation in Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 10586 to increase mupirocin production.

Characterization of N-acylhomoserine lactone-degrading bacteria associated with the Zingiber officinale (ginger) rhizosphere: co-existence of quorum quenching and quorum sensing in Acinetobacter and Burkholderia.

Identification and characterisation of a novel adhesin Ifp in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.