Cell-to-cell communication is a major process that allows bacteria to sense and coordinately
react to the fluctuating conditions of the surrounding environment. In several pathogens, this …

For many years bacteria were considered primarily as autonomous unicellular organisms
with little capacity for collective behaviour. However, we now appreciate that bacterial cells …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a well-known pathogenic bacterium that forms biofilms and
produces virulence factors via quorum sensing (QS). Interfering with normal QS interactions …

In a process termed quorum sensing, bacteria use diffusible chemical signals to coordinate
cell density-dependent gene expression. In the human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa …

Many Gram-negative bacteria use N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) as quorum-sensing
(QS) signal molecules. AHL QS has been the subject of extensive investigation in the last …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that produces several virulence
factors such as lectin A, pyocyanin, elastase and rhamnolipids. These compounds are …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a metabolically versatile environmental bacterium and an
opportunistic human pathogen that relies on numerous signaling pathways to sense …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli are the most prevalent Gram-negative
biofilm forming medical device associated pathogens, particularly with respect to catheter …

Autoinduction (AI), the response to self-produced chemical signals, is widespread in the
bacterial world. This process controls vastly different target functions, such as luminescence …

Bacteria are social creatures that are able to interact and coordinate behaviors with each
other in a multitude of ways. The study of such group behaviors in microbes was coined …