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Nature Reviews Microbiology
Vol. 14, 2016, Pages: 64–65

Turning tides for quorum sensing

Ursula Hofer

The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and Departments of Chemistry, Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.

Abstract

Bacterial communities use quorum sensing to regulate group behaviours including biofilm formation and pathogenesis. Previous work has shown that flow of fluid surrounding bacterial cells inhibits quorum sensing. Kim et al. have now found that flow dynamics that mimic physiological conditions — for example, growth in biofilms under intermittent flow or in partially shielded environment.

 

 

 
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