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ReviewApplied and environmental microbiology2026

Quorum sensing in the

Xiaohan Kong, Xiaohui Li, Huifang Hou, Xiayu Chen, Zhuoxian Zhao, Yinyue Deng

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Review in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Xiaohan Kong *School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2139-0741
Xiaohui Li *School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0009-0008-3547-6355
Huifang Hou *School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0009-0007-3276-4645
Xiayu ChenSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0009-0002-1770-7427
Zhuoxian ZhaoSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4901-916X
Yinyue DengSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1511-0870

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2024YFA0920101Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission JCYJ20241202124801003The Shenzhen Medical Research Fund B2403002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quorum sensing (QS) is a cell-cell communication mechanism widely employed by bacteria to control group behaviors in a cell density-dependent manner. QS plays a critical role in the regulation of physiological processes in the

Indexed as

Burkholderia cepacia complexQuorum SensingSignal TransductionAcyl-ButyrolactonesBacterial ProteinsBiosynthetic PathwaysGene Expression Regulation, BacterialAcyl-ButyrolactonesBacterial ProteinsAHLBDSFBurkholderia cepacia complexquorum sensingvirulence

Identifiers

PMID41493382
PMCPMC12838280

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