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A Bacterial Tower of Babel: Quorum-Sensing Signaling Diversity and Its Evolution.

Annual review of microbiology - 8 Sept 2020

Aframian Nitzan, Eldar Avigdor

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Quorum sensing is a process in which bacteria secrete and sense a diffusible molecule, thereby enabling bacterial groups to coordinate their behavior in a density-dependent manner. Quorum sensing has evolved multiple times independently, utilizing different molecular pathways and signaling molecules. A common theme among many quorum-sensing families is their wide range of signaling diversity-different variants...

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PMID: 32680450
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-012220-063740
PMCID: PMC7611908

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