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ReviewApplied microbiology and biotechnology2018

N-Acyl-homoserine lactones and autoinducer-2-mediated quorum sensing during wastewater treatment.

Han Chen, Ang Li, Di Cui, Qiao Wang, Dan Wu, Chongwei Cui, Fang Ma

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Review in Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Enhanced rapid acclimation of nitrifying sludge to sulfamethoxazole stress via exogenous quorum-sensing signal molecules.Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research · 2026
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  7. Effects of ExogenousInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Han ChenState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, People's Republic of China.
Ang LiState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, People's Republic of China. ang.li.harbin@gmail.com.
Di CuiState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, People's Republic of China.
Qiao WangState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, People's Republic of China.
Dan WuState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, People's Republic of China.
Chongwei CuiState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, People's Republic of China.
Fang MaState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, People's Republic of China.
Harbin Institute of Technology · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 51578179National Natural Science Foundation of China 51608154the Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, the Harbin Institute of Technology HC201526-01the Postdoctoral Scientific Research Development Fund of Heilongjiang Province in 2014 LBH-Q14076
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteria can coordinate and synchronize activities through a cell density-dependent regulatory mechanism called quorum sensing (QS). Bacteria can measure their population by the synthesis, secretion, and perception of QS signal molecules to regulate specific gene expression when the population reaches a critical threshold. QS participates in various microbial processes such as marine organism bioluminescence, bacterial biofilm formation, and virulence factor expression. The use of QS systems mediated by N-acyl-homoserine lactones and autoinducer-2 has been recently recognized as a promising regulatory approach in environmental science and technology that can intrinsically promote the profound comprehension of wastewater treatment from a microbiology perspective. This article reviewed the study of QS in several environmental systems in wastewater treatment, including systems of aerobic granular sludge, biological nitrogen removal, and bioaugmentation, while several future prospects and suggestions are proposed on the basis of current studies.

Indexed as

Quorum SensingAcyl-ButyrolactonesBacteriaBiodegradation, EnvironmentalHomoserineLactonesNitrogenSewageSignal TransductionWastewaterAcyl-ButyrolactonesHomoserineLactonesNitrogenN-octanoylhomoserine lactoneSewageWastewaterAerobic granular sludgeAutoinducer-2Biological nitrogen removalN-Acyl-homoserine lactoneQuorum sensingSignal moleculesWastewater treatment

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PMID29247368
OpenAlexW2774696274

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