Quorum Sensing and Starvation: Signals for Entry into Stationary Phase

Overview

Journal Curr Opin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2000 Apr 4

PMID 10744996

Citations 71

Authors

B A Lazazzera

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Abstract

Quorum sensing occurs at high cell density in many microorganisms. It regulates specialized processes such as genetic competence, bioluminescence, virulence, and sporulation. However, recent evidence suggests that quorum-sensing may play a more central role in the physiology of bacteria, where quorum-sensing pathways converge with starvation-sensing pathways to regulate cell entry into stationary phase.

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