SmcR-dependent regulation of adaptive phenotypes in Vibrio vulnificus

Vibrio vulnificus contains homologues of the V. harveyi luxR and luxS genes . A null mutation In smcR (luxR) resulted in a defect in starvation surviva l, inhibition of starvation-induced maintenance of culturability that occur s when V. vulnificus is starved prior to low-temperature incubation, and in creased expression of stationary-phase phenotypes.