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Regular Wounding in a Natural System: Bacteria Associated With Reproductive Organs of Bedbugs and Their Quorum Sensing Abilities

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in immunology, December 2017
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Title
Regular Wounding in a Natural System: Bacteria Associated With Reproductive Organs of Bedbugs and Their Quorum Sensing Abilities
Published in
Frontiers in immunology, December 2017
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01855
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Oliver Otti, Peter Deines, Katrin Hammerschmidt, Klaus Reinhardt

Abstract

During wounding, tissues are disrupted so that bacteria can easily enter the host and trigger a host response. Both the host response and bacterial communication can occur through quorum sensing (QS) and quorum sensing inhibition (QSI). Here, we characterize the effect of wounding on the host-associated bacterial community of the bed bug. This is a model system where the male is wounding the female during every mating. Whereas several aspects of the microbial involvement during wounding have been previously examined, it is not clear to what extent QS and QSI play a role. We find that the microbiome differs depending on mating and feeding status of female bedbugs and is specific to the location of isolation. Most organs of bedbugs harbor bacteria, which are capable of both QS and QSI signaling. By focusing on the prokaryotic quorum communication system, we provide a baseline for future research in this unique system. We advocate the bedbug system as suitable for studying the effects of bacteria on reproduction and for addressing prokaryote and eukaryote communication during wounding.

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Unknown 28 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 10 36%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 18%
Student > Master 2 7%
Student > Bachelor 2 7%
Student > Postgraduate 2 7%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 6 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 43%
Environmental Science 2 7%
Chemistry 2 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 4%
Social Sciences 1 4%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 10 36%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 January 2019.
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#4,169,998
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#112
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