Quorum Sensing and its Effects on Distinct Toxins Deployed by the Type 6 Secretion System

Jaedon Burkhart

Quorum sensing is a process of cell communication that is utilized in V. fischeri to negatively regulate killing of neighboring cells by the type 6 secretion system (T6SS). This poster highlights a project investigating whether quorum sensing differentially regulates the specific toxins delivered by T6SS. This effect may play a major role in the killing of specific bacteria.

Major: 
BMB
Exhibition Category: 
Health and Life Sciences
Exhibition Format: 
Poster Presentation
Campus: 
University Park
Faculty Sponsor: 
Timothy Miyashiro
Poster Number: 
136