Bacteria have evolved many different signal transduction systems that sense signals and
generate a variety of responses. Generally, most abundant are transcriptional regulators …

Aromatic compounds belong to one of the most widely distributed classes of organic
compounds in nature, and a significant number of xenobiotics belong to this family of …

Bacteria sense and respond to a wide range of physical and chemical signals. Central to
sensing and responding to these signals are two-component systems, which have a sensor …

With the rapid development of the global industrialization process, as an important energy
and strategic resource, petroleum is widely used in various fields. Meanwhile, the leakage of …

Bacterial chemotaxis is an adaptive behaviour, which requires sophisticated information‐
processing capabilities that cause motile bacteria to either move towards or flee from …

As a result of anthropogenic activity, large number of recalcitrant aromatic compounds have
been released into the environment. Consequently, microbial communities have adapted …

Publisher Summary Toluene is found naturally in petroleum and coal, and is a major
component of gasoline. It is also produced by the burning of organic materials and has been …

Enterococcus faecalis is a gram-positive commensal bacterium of the human intestinal tract.
Its opportunistic pathogenicity has been enhanced by the acquisition of multiple antibiotic …

The TodS/TodT two-component system controls expression of the toluene dioxygenase
(TOD) pathway for the metabolism of toluene in Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E. TodS is a …

Summary In Pseudomonas putida KT2440, cfcR encodes an orphan multidomain response
regulator with diguanylate cyclase activity, which is responsible for the synthesis of c‐di …