A Tale of Two Theories: Using an Engineered Strain of E. coli to Bridge the Gap Between Quorum Sensing and Diffusion Sensing
Cooperation is a trait that is found at all levels of biological organization. Interestingly, cooperation appears to occur in bacteria that produce small, easily diffusible molecules called autoinducers. To understand why bacteria produce these autoinducers, the scientific community has focused on o...
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NSUWorks
2016
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| Online Access: | http://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_stuetd/411 http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1413&context=occ_stuetd |