Quorum sensing

The Prokaryotes: Prokaryotic Communities and Ecophysiology

Volumn 9783642301230, Issue , 2013, Pages 495-509

  Bassler, Bonnie L ^a   Miller, Melissa B ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30123-0_60     Document Type: Chapter

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