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MICROORGANISMS
Volume 10, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10061192
Keywords
quorum sensing (QS); quorum quenching (QQ); QS inhibition (QSI); food; agriculture; medicine; nanotechnology; application of QS
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Quorum sensing is a mechanism that regulates gene expression in microorganisms and affects multiple biological processes. Research on quorum sensing has led to promising applications in various fields of global interest, including food, agriculture, and nanomedicine, benefiting both humans and the environment.
Quorum sensing (QS) regulates the expression of several genes including motility, biofilm development, virulence expression, population density detection and plasmid conjugation. It is based on autoinducers, small molecules that microorganisms produce and release in the extracellular milieu. The biochemistry of quorum sensing is widely discussed and numerous papers are available to scientists. The main purpose of this research is to understand how knowledge about this mechanism can be exploited for the benefit of humans and the environment. Here, we report the most promising studies on QS and their resulting applications in different fields of global interest: food, agriculture and nanomedicine.
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