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In a process called quorum sensing, groups of bacteria communicate with one another to coordinate their behavior and function like a multicellular organism. A diverse array of secreted chemical signal molecules and signal detection apparatuses facilitate highly productive intra- and interspecies relationships.
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This difference in cell density at similar OD is important to consider when performing experiments that depend on the number of cellular divisions or cells present, such as cellular communication, antibiotic susceptibility, and biofilms.
“This difference is important to consider when performing experiments that depend on the number of cellular divisions or cells present, such as cellular communication [12, 13] and antibiotic susceptibility [14–17] and biofilms [18].”
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- Authors
- Bassler, B. L.
- Affiliations
- Princeton University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bassler, Bonnie L
- ORCID
- Bassler, Bonnie L
- Venue
- Cell
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2002-05
- Volume
- 109
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 421-424
- ISSN
- 0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2056932987
- Cited by
- 745
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 38 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 31 · 2014: 37 · 2013: 36 · 2012: 28
- FWCI
- 11.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/open-access/userlicense/1.0/ (vor, 4095 d)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-017 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-037 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-012 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-029 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-004 (stm-asf)
- Locations
- Cell (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks
- Keywords
- quorum sensing, bacterial communication, signal detection, interspecies interactions, bacterial multicellularity
- MeSH terms
- Bacteria, Cell Communication, Enzyme Induction, Lactones, Symbiosis, Signal Transduction, Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
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