Flexibility and adaptability of quorum sensing in nature

RD Prescott, AW Decho - Trends in microbiology, 2020 - cell.com
Quorum sensing (QS), a type of chemical communication, allows bacteria to sense and
coordinate activities in natural biofilm communities using N-acyl homoserine lactones …

AHL-driven quorum-sensing circuits: their frequency and function among the Proteobacteria

RJ Case, M Labbate, S Kjelleberg - The ISME journal, 2008 - academic.oup.com
It is now apparent that bacteria utilize regulatory systems called quorum sensing (QS) to
sense their population density. Such systems are dependant on the production of signaling …

Specificity and complexity in bacterial quorum-sensing systems

LA Hawver, SA Jung, WL Ng - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Quorum sensing (QS) is a microbial cell-to-cell communication process that relies on the
production and detection of chemical signals called autoinducers (AIs) to monitor cell …

A simple screening protocol for the identification of quorum signal antagonists

RJC McLean, LS Pierson III, C Fuqua - Journal of microbiological methods, 2004 - Elsevier
Quorum sensing (QS) is a mechanism by which diverse microorganisms can control specific
processes in response to population density. A relatively well-known form of QS among …

From unicellular properties to multicellular behavior: bacteria quorum sensing circuitry and applications

S Hooshangi, WE Bentley - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2008 - Elsevier
Cell–cell communication and coordinated population-based behavior among single cell
organisms have gained considerable attention in the recent years. The ability to send …

Quorum sensing signal selectivity and the potential for interspecies cross talk

S Wellington, EP Greenberg - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Many species of proteobacteria communicate with kin and coordinate group behaviors
through a form of cell-cell signaling called acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL) quorum sensing …

Quorum quenching: role in nature and applied developments

C Grandclément, M Tannières, S Moréra… - FEMS microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Quorum sensing (QS) refers to the capacity of bacteria to monitor their population density
and regulate gene expression accordingly: the QS-regulated processes deal with …

Bacterial quorum sensing in complex and dynamically changing environments

S Mukherjee, BL Bassler - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Quorum sensing is a process of bacterial cell-to-cell chemical communication that relies on
the production, detection and response to extracellular signalling molecules called …

Quorum sensing: how bacteria can coordinate activity and synchronize their response to external signals?

Z Li, SK Nair - Protein Science, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Quorum sensing is used by a large variety of bacteria to regulate gene expression in a cell‐
density‐dependent manner. Bacteria can synchronize population behavior using small …

Quorum sensing in Gram-negative bacteria: small-molecule modulation of AHL and AI-2 quorum sensing pathways

WRJD Galloway, JT Hodgkinson, SD Bowden… - Chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Numerous species of bacteria employ a mechanism of intercellular communication known
as quorum sensing. This signaling process allows the cells comprising a bacterial colony to …