Quorum sensing going wild
Mihael Špacapan, Cristina Bez, Vittorio Venturi
Abstract
, with emphasis on the division of labor, specialization, and "bet-hedging". We hope that this perspective article will stimulate the awareness that QS can be more than just a cell-density switch. This basic mechanism could result in "bacterial civilizations", thus forcing us to reconsider the way bacterial communities are envisioned
Topics & Concepts
Quorum sensingAutoinducerBiologyPhenotypeMechanism (biology)Cell signalingBiofilmCellCell divisionSignal transductionBacteriaCell biologyComputational biologyGeneticsGeneEpistemologyPhilosophyBacterial biofilms and quorum sensingVibrio bacteria research studiesBacterial Genetics and Biotechnology