SENSING: Quorum Sensing In Bacteria

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A decade after microbiologists began to suspect that many groups of bacteria can communicate -- by releasing and detecting chemical pheromones to gauge their population density -- the molecular structure of a key protein in this interbacterial Quorum Sensing (QS) is a form of bacterial communication that is critical to bacterial virulence. By starting up a dedicated research programme in 2011, investigating the ability of several highly bioactive compounds to inhibit QS, Nutriad was able to Molecular biologist Bonnie Bassler studies how bacteria communicate using a chemical language, a process known as quorum sensing. Here, a petri dish is swabbed with a culture of bioluminescent marine bacteria. The shapes at the left side of the dish are Among the complex molecular processes involved in the development of bacteria-borne disease is quorum sensing, the way bacteria communicate and coordinate collective behaviors. By studying how to inhibit quorum sensing, scientists may be able create Bacteria may not seem like social, communicating creatures, but they "know" when to turn deadly thanks to a unique signaling system called "quorum sensing," according to a new study. These single-celled organisms can sense when their population reaches Traditional antibiotics wipe out large swaths of bacteria, leaving the playing field open for one or two resistant microbes to dominate. Researchers developing quorum-sensing inhibitors would like some reassurance that the resistance problem won’t hinder .

No matter how many times it’s demonstrated, it’s still hard to envision bacteria as social, communicating creatures. But by using a signaling system called “quorum sensing,” these single-celled organisms radically alter their behavior to suit their This E. coli colony creates a stunning synchronised light show using small molecules to sense and talk to one another. The phenomenon known as quorum sensing allows microbes to work together and behave more like a multicellular organism. The colony has to ITHACA, N.Y. -- A decade after microbiologists began to suspect that many groups of bacteria can communicate -- by releasing and detecting chemical pheromones to gauge their population density -- the molecular structure of a key protein in this BUFFALO, N.Y. -- University at Buffalo scientists have discovered a promising new drug lead that works by inhibiting the sophisticated bacterial communication system called quorum sensing. The new compound is active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the gram .