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Quorum sensing with pheromones [PDF]
Nature Microbiology, 2019 The vast majority of fungi reproduce sexually and use secreted pheromones to signal to each other. A study now shows that these signalling molecules in the fungal plant pathogen Fusarium oxysporum activate a density-dependent autocrine signal that controls asexual spore germination.
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Optimal Census by Quorum Sensing
PLOS Computational Biology, 2015 Quorum sensing is the regulation of gene expression in response to changes in cell density. To measure their cell density, bacterial populations produce and detect diffusible molecules called autoinducers. Individual bacteria internally represent the external concentration of autoinducers via the level of monitor proteins.
Thibaud O. Taillefumier, Ned S. Wingreen
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Cheater suppression and stochastic clearance through quorum sensing.
PLoS Computational Biology, 2022 The evolutionary consequences of quorum sensing in regulating bacterial cooperation are not fully understood. In this study, we reveal unexpected effects of regulating public good production through quorum sensing on bacterial population dynamics ...
Alexander S Moffett +3 more
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QUORUM SENSING AND GROUP SELECTION [PDF]
Evolution, 1998 Bacteria respond to cell density by expressing genes whose products are beneficial to the population as a whole. This response is brought about through the release into the medium of signaling molecules of the class N-acyl homoserine lactones, the concentration of which determines the level of gene expression.
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Quorum sensing as a mechanism to harness the wisdom of the crowds
Nature Communications, 2023 Bacteria release and sense small molecules called autoinducers in a process known as quorum sensing. The prevailing interpretation of quorum sensing is that by sensing autoinducer concentrations, bacteria estimate population density to regulate the ...
Stefany Moreno-Gámez +2 more
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Quorum Sensing of Periodontal Pathogens
Acta Stomatologica Croatica, 2015 The term ‘quorum sensing’ describes intercellular bacterial communication which regulates bacterial gene expression according to population cell density. Bacteria produce and secrete small molecules, named autoinducers, into the intercellular space.
Darije Plančak +2 more
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The Evolution of Quorum Sensing as a Mechanism to Infer Kinship.
PLoS Computational Biology, 2016 Bacteria regulate many phenotypes via quorum sensing systems. Quorum sensing is typically thought to evolve because the regulated cooperative phenotypes are only beneficial at certain cell densities. However, quorum sensing systems are also threatened by
Jonas Schluter +3 more
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Inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Quorum Sensing by Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb. Extract
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2019 Microorganisms such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa have always been adaptable in surviving the harsh environment such as antimicrobial agents via the quorum sensing (QS) mechanism.
Ahmad Fiqri Mustaqim Othman +2 more
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Dishonest Signaling in Microbial Conflicts
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Quorum sensing is a cell-cell communication system that bacteria use to express social phenotypes, such as the production of extracellular enzymes or toxins, at high cell densities when these phenotypes are most beneficial.
Ihab Hashem, Jan F. M. Van Impe
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Pharmaceutics, 2022 Chemical molecules are used by microorganisms to communicate with each other. Quorum sensing is the mechanism through which microorganisms regulate their population density and activity with chemical signaling.
Alessandro Polizzi +5 more
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