Bacteria use quorum sensing to orchestrate gene expression programmes that underlie
collective behaviours. Quorum sensing relies on the production, release, detection and …

Bacteria synthesize and sense low molecular weight signaling molecules, termed
autoinducers, to measure their population density and community complexity. One class of …

Disruption of the microbiome often correlates with the appearance of disease symptoms in
metaorganisms such as corals. In Black Band Disease (BBD), a polymicrobial disease …

Cholera is a potentially mortal, infectious disease caused by Vibrio cholerae bacterium.
Current treatment methods of cholera still have limitations. Beneficial microbes that could …

L egionella pneumophila is an amoeba‐resistant opportunistic pathogen that performs cell–
cell communication through the signalling molecule 3‐hydroxypentadecane‐4‐one (LAI‐1 …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a significant opportunistic pathogen, can participate in inter-
species communication through signaling by cis-2-unsaturated fatty acids of the diffusible …

Quorum sensing, a bacterial cell–cell communication process, controls biofilm formation and
virulence factor production in Vibrio cholerae, a human pathogen that causes the disease …

The ubiquitous Gram-negative bacterium Legionella pneumophila parasitizes environ
mental amoebae and, upon inhalation, replicates in alveolar macrophages, thus causing a …

Communication among microorganisms is mediated by secretion and detection of microbial
signaling molecules such as quorum-sensing pheromones and microbial hormones. The …

The 4th ASM Conference on Cell-Cell Communication in Bacteria was held in Miami, FL,
from 6 to 9 November 2011. This review highlights three key themes that emerged from the …