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SUBMITTER: Carcamo-Oyarce G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4309448 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cárcamo-Oyarce Gerardo G Lumjiaktase Putthapoom P Kümmerli Rolf R Eberl Leo L
Nature communications 20150116
The term 'quorum sensing' (QS) is generally used to describe the phenomenon that bacteria release and perceive signal molecules to coordinate cooperative behaviour in response to their population size. QS-based communication has therefore been considered a social trait. Here we show that QS signals (N-acyl-homoserine lactones, AHLs) are stochastically produced in young biofilms of Pseudomonas putida and act mainly as self-regulatory signals rather than inducing neighbouring cells. We demonstrate ...[more]