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Luminescent reporters and their applications for the characterization of signals and signal-mimics that alter LasR-mediated quorum sensing.

Discovery of a quorum sensing modulator pharmacophore by 3D small-molecule microarray screening.

Interactions of Botryococcus braunii cultures with bacterial biofilms.

Interkingdom signaling between pathogenic bacteria and Caenorhabditis elegans.

Effect of the hfq gene on 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol production and the PcoI/PcoR quorum-sensing system in Pseudomonas fluorescens 2P24.

Quorum sensing-dependent virulence during Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonisation and pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients.

Staphylococcus aureus AI-2 quorum sensing associates with the KdpDE two-component system to regulate capsular polysaccharide synthesis and virulence.

Bacterial gene regulation by alpha-hydroxyketone signaling.

Autoinducer-2 and QseC control biofilm formation and in vivo virulence of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans.

The VirSR two-component signal transduction system regulates NetB toxin production in Clostridium perfringens.

Structural and functional characterization of diffusible signal factor family quorum-sensing signals produced by members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex.

Identification of the quorum-sensing target DNA sequence and N-Acyl homoserine lactone responsiveness of the Brucella abortus virB promoter.

The LysR-type transcriptional regulator QseD alters type three secretion in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli and motility in K-12 Escherichia coli.

A modular gradient-sensing network for chemotaxis in Escherichia coli revealed by responses to time-varying stimuli.

Engineering bacteria to recognize and follow small molecules.

Heterogeneous rpoS and rhlR mRNA levels and 16S rRNA/rDNA (rRNA gene) ratios within Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms, sampled by laser capture microdissection.

Bacterial foraging algorithm with varying population.

The Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium QseB response regulator negatively regulates bacterial motility and swine colonization in the absence of the QseC sensor kinase.

Bacillus pumilus of Palk Bay origin inhibits quorum-sensing-mediated virulence factors in Gram-negative bacteria

[Involvement of the global regulators GrrS, RpoS, and SplIR in formation of biofilms in Serratia plymuthica].