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.

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