Quorum sensing in Gram-negative bacteria

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Quorum sensing in Gram-negative bacteria. / Wu, Hong; Song, Zhijun; Hoiby, Niels; Givskov, Michael.

In: Progress in Natural Science, Vol. 14, No. 5, 05.2004, p. 377-387.

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Wu, H, Song, Z, Hoiby, N & Givskov, M 2004, 'Quorum sensing in Gram-negative bacteria', Progress in Natural Science, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 377-387. https://doi.org/10.1080/10020070412331343661

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Wu, H., Song, Z., Hoiby, N., & Givskov, M. (2004). Quorum sensing in Gram-negative bacteria. Progress in Natural Science, 14(5), 377-387. https://doi.org/10.1080/10020070412331343661

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Wu H, Song Z, Hoiby N, Givskov M. Quorum sensing in Gram-negative bacteria. Progress in Natural Science. 2004 May;14(5):377-387. https://doi.org/10.1080/10020070412331343661

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Wu, Hong ; Song, Zhijun ; Hoiby, Niels ; Givskov, Michael. / Quorum sensing in Gram-negative bacteria. In: Progress in Natural Science. 2004 ; Vol. 14, No. 5. pp. 377-387.

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title = "Quorum sensing in Gram-negative bacteria",
abstract = "Bacteria can communicate with each other by means of signal molecules to coordinate the behavior of the entire community, and the mechanism is referred to as quorum sensing (QS). Signal systems enable bacteria to sense the size of their densities by monitoring the concentration of the signal molecules. Among Gram-negative bacteria N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone (acyl-HSL)-dependent quorum sensing systems are particularly widespread. These systems are used to coordinate expression of phenotypes that are fundamental to the interaction of bacteria with each other and with their environment and particularly higher organisms, covering a variety of functions ranging from pathogenic to symbiotic interactions. The detailed knowledge of these bacterial communication systems has opened completely new perspectives for controlling undesired microbial activities.",
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author = "Hong Wu and Zhijun Song and Niels Hoiby and Michael Givskov",
note = "Funding Information: Many thanks to Abigail Harris and Matt Crow for sharing unpublished results and Simon McGowan, Martin Welch and Steve Harris for many discussions. This work was supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK) and the EU FAIR5 Programme (CT97-3676). A.M.L.B. received a BBSRC studentship and N.J.L.S. was supported by a studentship from the Medical Research Council (UK).",
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