Quorum Sensing in Bacteria¶
Miller, M. B., & Bassler, B. L. (2001). Quorum Sensing in Bacteria. Annual Review of Microbiology, 55, 165-199.
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Primes¶
- Registry-Mediated Discovery
- Quorum sensing in microbiology: cells release chemical signals into a shared environment, and the chemical concentration field acts as a passive registry of population density, enabling density-dependent gene expression without any cell tracking individual neighbours.
This sourceCells read a shared chemical-concentration field as a passive registry of population density without tracking individual neighbours.
Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract
The abstract states that bacteria release autoinducers whose concentration tracks cell density and that threshold detection alters gene expression, but it does not state the 'passive registry' framing or the absence of neighbour tracking.
“Quorum sensing bacteria produce and release chemical signal molecules called autoinducers that increase in concentration as a function of cell density. The detection of a minimal threshold stimulatory concentration of an autoinducer leads to an alteration in gene expression.”
- Quorum sensing in microbiology: cells release chemical signals into a shared environment, and the chemical concentration field acts as a passive registry of population density, enabling density-dependent gene expression without any cell tracking individual neighbours.
- Strategic Complementarity
- Cell biology and quorum sensing: bacteria upregulate gene expression only when enough peers have done the same, the molecular signal serving as the structural complement.
This sourceReviews bacterial quorum sensing, in which cells upregulate gene expression only once enough peers signal — a biological instance of complementarity with a coordination threshold.
Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract
The review's abstract states that gene expression is altered only when autoinducer reaches a minimal threshold concentration, backing the density-threshold half of the claim but not the wording "upregulate" or the complementarity gloss.
“The detection of a minimal threshold stimulatory concentration of an autoinducer leads to an alteration in gene expression.”
- Cell biology and quorum sensing: bacteria upregulate gene expression only when enough peers have done the same, the molecular signal serving as the structural complement.
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