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NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 6, Issue 2, Pages 111-120Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1836
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- NIAID NIH HHS [U01 AI077853-01, R01 AI053067, U01 AI077853, R01 AI053067-06, R21 AI054468, P01 AI055637-010005, R21 AI054468-01, P01 AI055637] Funding Source: Medline
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Microorganisms and their hosts communicate with each other through an array of hormonal signals. This cross-kingdom cell-to-cell signalling involves small molecules, such as hormones that are produced by eukaryotes and hormone-like chemicals that are produced by bacteria. Cell-to-cell signalling between bacteria, usually referred to as quorum sensing, was initially described as a means by which bacteria achieve signalling in microbial communities to coordinate gene expression within a population. Recent evidence shows, however, that quorum-sensing signalling is not restricted to bacterial cell-to-cell communication, but also allows communication between microorganisms and their hosts.
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