Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2006
Publication Title
Eukaryotic Cell
Department
Geisel School of Medicine
Abstract
Extracellular autoinducing compounds in the supernatants of microbial cultures were first recognized for their roles in the induction of genetic competence in gram-positive bacteria and in the regulation of light production in marine vibrios. In 1994, this form of population-level regulation in microbes was dubbed “quorum sensing” since it enabled bacterial cells to chemically measure the density of the surrounding population. Subsequently, many examples of cell density-dependent regulation by extracellular factors have been found in diverse microorganisms. The widespread incidence of diverse quorum-sensing systems strongly suggests that regulation in accordance with cell density is important for the success of microbes in many environments.
DOI
10.1128/EC.5.4.613-619.2006
Original Citation
Hogan DA. Talking to themselves: autoregulation and quorum sensing in fungi. Eukaryot Cell. 2006 Apr;5(4):613-9. doi: 10.1128/EC.5.4.613-619.2006. PMID: 16607008; PMCID: PMC1459667.
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Hogan, Deborah A., "Talking to Themselves: Autoregulation and Quorum Sensing in Fungi" (2006). Dartmouth Scholarship. 834.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/834
