In many natural and clinical settings, bacteria are associated with some type of biotic or
abiotic surface that enables them to form biofilms, a multicellular lifestyle with bacteria …

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 …

Staphylococci are frequent human commensals and some species can cause disease.
Staphylococcus aureus in particular is a dangerous human pathogen. In staphylococci, the …

The definition of the heterogeneous group of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) is
still based on diagnostic procedures that fulfill the clinical need to differentiate between …

Highlights•Biofilm development and quorum sensing are social bacterial
behaviours.•Quorum sensing regulates genes involved in biofilm development.•Quorum …

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 …

In most environments, microorganisms evolve in a sessile mode of growth, designated as
biofilm, which is characterized by cells embedded in a self‐produced extracellular matrix …

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 …

For many years bacteria were considered primarily as autonomous unicellular organisms
with little capacity for collective behaviour. However, we now appreciate that bacterial cells …

Recent progress in elucidating the role of the icaADBC-encoded polysaccharide
intercellular adhesin (PIA) or polymeric N-acetyl-glucosamine (PNAG) in staphylococcal …