Love at First Taste: Induction of Larval Settlement by Marine Microbes.
Published
Journal Article (Review)
Marine biofilms are composed of many species of bacteria, unicellular algae, and protozoa. Biofilms can induce, inhibit, or have no effect on settlement of larvae and spores of algae. In this review, we focus on induction of larval settlement by marine bacteria and unicellular eukaryotes and review publications from 2010 to September 2019. This review provides insights from meta-analysis on what is known about the effect of marine biofilms on larval settlement. Of great interest is the impact of different components of marine biofilms, such as bacteria and diatoms, extracellular polymeric substances, quorum sensing signals, unique inductive compounds, exoenzymes, and structural protein degradation products on larval settlement and metamorphosis. Molecular aspects of larval settlement and impact of climate change are reviewed and, finally, potential areas of future investigations are provided.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Dobretsov, S; Rittschof, D
Published Date
- January 22, 2020
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 21 / 3
PubMed ID
- 31979128
Pubmed Central ID
- 31979128
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1422-0067
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1422-0067
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.3390/ijms21030731
Language
- eng