As our understanding of the human microbiome progresses, so does the need for natural
experimental animal models that promote a mechanistic understanding of beneficial …

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 …

Biological tissues, sediments, or engineered systems are spatially structured media with a
tortuous and porous structure that host the flow of fluids. Such complex environments can …

The coordination of group behaviors in bacteria is accomplished via the cell-cell signaling
process called quorum sensing. Vibrios have historically been models for studying bacterial …

The bioluminescence emitted by the marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri is a particularly striking
result of individual microbial cells co‐ordinating a group behaviour. The genes responsible …

Quorum sensing is an intercellular form of communication that bacteria use to coordinate
group behaviors such as biofilm formation and the production of antibiotics and virulence …

Cooperation and conflict in microorganisms is being recognized as an important factor in the
organization and function of microbial communities. Many of the cooperative behaviors …

Acyl-homoserine lactone–mediated quorum sensing (QS) regulates diverse activities in
many species of Proteobacteria. QS-controlled genes commonly code for production of …

Quorum sensing allows bacteria to sense and respond to changes in population density.
Acyl-homoserine lactones serve as quorum-sensing signals for many Proteobacteria, and …

Chitin, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), is noted as the second most abundant
biopolymer in nature. Chitin serves many functions for marine bacteria in the family …