TY - JOUR
T1 - Love at first taste
T2 - Induction of larval settlement by marine microbes
AU - Dobretsov, Sergey
AU - Rittschof, Daniel
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by TRC grant RC/AGR/FISH/16/01 (ORG/EBR/15/003) and SQU grants CL/SQU-SA/18/01 and IG/AGR/FISH/18/01 to S.D.
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PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Bacteria
KW - Biofilm
KW - Diatoms
KW - Larval settlement
KW - Protozoa
KW - Settlement pheromones
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U2 - 10.3390/ijms21030731
DO - 10.3390/ijms21030731
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31979128
AN - SCOPUS:85078257767
SN - 1661-6596
VL - 21
JO - International Journal of Molecular Sciences
JF - International Journal of Molecular Sciences
IS - 3
M1 - 731
ER -
