The mechanisms through which microbes communicate using signal molecules has inspired
a great deal of research. Microbes use this exchange of information, known as quorum …

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 …

Quorum sensing is a process of cell–cell communication that allows bacteria to share
information about cell density and adjust gene expression accordingly. This process …

Biofilm formation constitutes an alternative lifestyle in which microorganisms adopt a
multicellular behavior that facilitates and/or prolongs survival in diverse environmental …

Excessive and indiscriminate use of antibiotics to treat bacterial infections has lead to the
emergence of multiple drug resistant strains. Most infectious diseases are caused by …

Cell-cell communication, or quorum sensing, is a widespread phenomenon in bacteria that
is used to coordinate gene expression among local populations. Its use by bacterial …

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) is an important infection with an incidence rate
ranging from 20 to 50 cases/100,000 population per year. Between 10% and 30% of these …

The introduction of effective antibacterial therapies for infectious diseases in the mid‐20th
century completely revolutionized clinical practices and helped to facilitate the development …

The accessory genes of Staphylococcus aureus, in‐cluding those involved in pathogenesis,
are controlled by a complex regulatory network that includes at least four two‐component …

The staphylococcal agr locus encodes a quorum sensing (QS) system that controls the
expression of virulence and other accessory genes by a classical two-component signaling …