FIG. 3.

Schematic representation illustrating the symbiotic interactions of V. paradoxus S110 with plants and other bacteria. The epibiont cells and central bacterial cell are known to share the periplasmic space through which signals and nutrients are directly exchanged. A wide variety of pollutants are known to be more efficiently degraded when V. paradoxus is included as an active component of a pollutant-degrading microbial consortium. Abbreviations: QS, quorum sensing; QQ, quorum quenching.