Relationship Between Quorum Sensing and Secretion Systems
Quorum sensing (QS) is a communication mechanism between bacteria that allows specific processes to be controlled, such as biofilm formation, virulence factor expression, production of secondary metabolites and stress adaptation mechanisms such as bacterial competition systems including secretion sy...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-06-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01100/full |