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The Evolution of Quorum Sensing in Bacterial Biofilms

Bacteria have fascinating and diverse social lives. They display coordinated group behaviors regulated by quorum-sensing systems that detect the density of other bacteria around them. A key example of such group behavior is biofilm formation, in which communities of cells attach to a surface and env...

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Autores principales: Nadell, Carey D, Xavier, Joao B, Levin, Simon A, Foster, Kevin R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2214811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18232735
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060014