Quorum sensing and the confusion about diffusion

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 586-594

  West, Stuart A ^a   Winzer, Klaus ^b   Gardner, Andy ^a,c   Diggle, Stephen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c BALLIOL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoinduction; Autoregulation; Communication; Exofactors; Inclusive fitness; Signals

Indexed keywords

AUTOREGULATION; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL DENSITY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION SENSING; HUMAN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPOROGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84869508724     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2012.09.004     Document Type: Review

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