Quorum sensing (QS) is a widespread process in bacteria that employs autoinducing
chemical signals to coordinate diverse, often cooperative activities such as …

Many bacteria use a cell-cell communication system called quorum sensing to coordinate
population density-dependent changes in behavior. Quorum sensing involves production of …

Bacteria communicate through the production of diffusible signal molecules termed
autoinducers. The molecules are produced at basal levels and accumulate during growth …

Artificial cells capable of both sensing and sending chemical messages to bacteria have yet
to be built. Here we show that artificial cells that are able to sense and synthesize quorum …

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 …

Mechanisms for controlling symbiont populations are critical for maintaining the associations
that exist between a host and its microbial partners. We describe here the transcriptional …

Bacteria often face fluctuating environments, and in response many species have evolved
complex decision-making mechanisms to match their behaviour to the prevailing conditions …

Since the seminal observation that bacterial cells produce intracellular molecules that trigger
bioluminescence, 1 a great deal has been learned regarding the process now termed …

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 …