Quorum sensing

Bonnie Lynn Bassler; Melissa B. Miller

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-30123-0_60

Quorum sensing

Bonnie Lynn Bassler, Melissa B. Miller

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Bacteria have an exquisite ability to sense and adapt to a constantly fluctuating environment. They have evolved the capacity to detect a variety of temporal and spatial cues, and in response to such stimuli, bacteria initiate signal transduction cascades that culminate in changes in gene expression. The ability to rapidly alter gene expression, and consequently behavior, in response to a dynamic environment presumably gives bacteria the plasticity to survive in rich, neutral, and hostile situations.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Prokaryotes
Subtitle of host publication	Prokaryotic Communities and Ecophysiology
Publisher	Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Pages	495-509
Number of pages	15
Volume	9783642301230
ISBN (Electronic)	9783642301230
ISBN (Print)	3642301223, 9783642301223
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30123-0_60
State	Published - Apr 1 2013

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General Immunology and Microbiology

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