Ammor Mohammed Salim, Michaelidis Christos, Nychas George-John E
Laboratory of Microbiology and Biotechnology of Foods, Department of Food Science & Technology, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 lera Odos, 11855 Athens, Greece.
J Food Prot. 2008 Jul;71(7):1510-25. doi: 10.4315/0362-028x-71.7.1510.
Food spoilage is a consequence of the degrading enzymatic activity of some food-associated bacteria. Several proteolytic, lipolytic, chitinolytic, and pectinolytic activities associated with the deterioration of goods are regulated by quorum sensing, suggesting a potential role of such cell-to-cell communication in food spoilage. Here we review quorum sensing signaling molecules and methods of their detection and quantification, and we provide insights into the role of quorum sensing in food spoilage and address potential quorum sensing inhibitors that might be used as biopreservatives.
食物腐败是一些与食物相关细菌的酶活性降解的结果。与货物变质相关的几种蛋白水解、脂肪水解、几丁质分解和果胶分解活性受群体感应调节，这表明这种细胞间通讯在食物腐败中可能发挥作用。在这里，我们综述了群体感应信号分子及其检测和定量方法，并深入探讨了群体感应在食物腐败中的作用，还讨论了可能用作生物防腐剂的潜在群体感应抑制剂。
