Learning the language of bacteria. |
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| Authors: | James T Hodgkinson Martin Welch David R Spring |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. |
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| Abstract: | Bacteria "talk" with each other by using small molecules that enable individuals in a population to coordinate their behavior. This language is termed quorum sensing. Bacterial pathogens may use this language to decide when to attack a host organism; therefore, the development of artificial signals to interfere with this signal process has become an area of intense chemical research. |
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