This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Bacteria use intercellular signaling, or quorum sensing (QS), to share information and respond collectively to aspects of their surroundings.

Bacteria utilise a sophisticated chemical communication system, known as quorum sensing, to assess their population density and coordinate group behaviours, including the formation of biofilms. This ...

One of Princeton’s most accomplished molecular biologists has been honored with a major award by a foundation connected to the Spanish aristocracy for her work studying quorum sensing, which could ...

This quorum-sensing molecule, made and sensed by some microbes, is used by individual bacterium to sense the presence of other bacteria in their environment. The IGC team’s results point to a ...

Bacteria talk to each other using N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs) as quorum sensing (QS) signals. This signaling allows the bacteria to control gene expression of virulence factors and biofilms once ...

The government of Canada announced today that Bonnie Bassler is being awarded the Canada Gairdner International Award 2023 alongside Michael Silverman and E. Peter Greenberg “for their discoveries of ...

Disrupting the chemical messages that oral bacteria use to coordinate growth may help prevent disease by keeping plaque ...

Bacteria produce slimy biofilms to coat and protect themselves and make them less susceptible to antimicrobial drugs and chemical cleaning products. The biofilms have implications for health and ...

Bioluminescent bacteria and the Hawaiian bobtail squid have formed a longstanding mutually beneficial relationship. How the bacteria coordinate their behavior to colonize the squid—through cellular ...