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Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG
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Our research focuses on understanding the plant-bacteria interaction in the plant rhizosphere. Our goal is to understand the molecular mechanisms i) involved in plant-bacteria interactions, including adhesion and biofilm formation; ii) determining antimicrobial activity of the plant associated-bacteria. We are interested in bacterial cell-to-cell communication (quorum sensing, QS). We focus on the silencing of the QS (quorum quenching, QQ) and explore this topic both in terms of the ecological role of QQ and its potential to attenuate the QS-dependent virulence of plant pathogens.
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