ReviewTrends in microbiology2020
Flexibility and Adaptability of Quorum Sensing in Nature.
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- Bibliometric analysis and visualization of quorum sensing research over the last two decade.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Pooled it
- The Role of Quorum Sensing Mechanism in the Functional Properties of Lactic Acid Bacteria.Microorganisms · 2026Review
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- Diverse quorum sensing systems regulate microbial communication and biogeochemical processes in deep-sea cold seeps.Microbiome · 2025Article
- PGAP2: A comprehensive toolkit for prokaryotic pan-genome analysis based on fine-grained feature networks.Nature communications · 2025Article
- The role of MorI/MorR quorum sensing inMicrobiology spectrum · 2025Article
- Anti-QS Strategies AgainstMicroorganisms · 2025Review
- The acquisition of additional control over quorum sensing regulation reduces the variability of final cell density in Burkholderia.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Impeding Quorum Sensing Among the Intestinal Microbiota Impacts the Metastatic Rate of Colorectal Cancer.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
- Targeting AI-2 quorum sensing: harnessing natural products against Streptococcus suis biofilm infection.Veterinary research · 2025Article
- From single cells to communities: Mathematical perspectives on bacterial quorum sensing.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025Review
- AHL-based QS signalling promotes uropathogenic Escherichia coli settlement through the de-repression of biofilm formation by SdiA.PloS one · 2025Article
- Monoclonal antibodies: From magic bullet to precision weapon.Molecular biomedicine · 2024Review
- Beyond Antibiotics: What the Future Holds.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- Anti-Biofilm and Anti-Quorum-Sensing Activity ofPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Quenching of quorum sensing in multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: insights on halo-bacterial metabolites and gamma irradiation as channels inhibitors.Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials · 2024Article
- Roles and Regulation of Quorum Sensing of Acidophiles in Bioleaching: A Review.Microorganisms · 2024Review
- Constructions of quorum sensing signaling network for activated sludge microbial community.ISME communications · 2024Article
- Improved protocol for metabolite extraction and identification of respiratory quinones in extremophilic Archaea grown on mineral materials.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Quorum sensing (QS), a type of chemical communication, allows bacteria to sense and coordinate activities in natural biofilm communities using N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) as one type of signaling molecule. For AHL-based communication to occur, bacteria must produce and recognize the same signals, which activate similar genes in different species. Our current understanding of AHL-QS suggests that signaling between species would arise randomly, which is not probable. We propose that AHL-QS signaling is a mutable and adaptable process, within limits. AHLs are highly-conserved signals, however, their corresponding receptor proteins (LuxR) are highly variable. We suggest that both flexibility and adaptation occur among receptor proteins, allowing for complex signaling networks to develop in biofilms over time.
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