Success in nature depends upon an ability to perceive and adapt to the surrounding
environment. Bacteria are not an exception; they recognize and constantly adjust to …

Bacteria exploit many mechanisms to communicate with each other and their surroundings.
Mechanisms using small diffusible signals to coordinate behaviour with cell density (quorum …

Cell–cell communication in bacteria is accomplished through the exchange of extracellular
signalling molecules called autoinducers. This process, termed quorum sensing, allows …

Bacterial populations use cell-cell communication to coordinate community-wide regulation
of processes such as biofilm formation, virulence, and bioluminescence. This phenomenon …

Quorum sensing is widely recognized as an efficient mechanism to regulate expression of
specific genes responsible for communal behavior in bacteria. Several bacterial phenotypes …

Synthesis and detection of acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) enables many gram-negative
bacteria to engage in quorum sensing, an intercellular signaling mechanism that activates …

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 …

The extracellular signaling molecule autoinducer-2 (AI-2) mediates quorum-sensing
communication in diverse bacterial species. In marine vibrios, binding of AI-2 to the …

The targets of the Structural GenomiX (SGX) bacterial genomics project were proteins
conserved in multiple prokaryotic organisms with no obvious sequence homolog in the …

Increased contamination of the environment with toxic pollutants has paved the way for
efficient strategies which can be implemented for environmental restoration. The major …