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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 266, Issue 1, Pages 1-9Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00501.x
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N-acyl homoserine lactone; quorum sensing; signal molecules; bacterial communication
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Many Gram-negative bacteria use N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) as quorum-sensing (QS) signal molecules. AHL QS has been the subject of extensive investigation in the last decade and has become a paradigm for bacterial intercellular signaling. Research in AHL QS has been considerably aided by simple methods devised to detect AHLs using bacterial biosensors that phenotypically respond when exposed to exogenous AHLs. This article reviews and discusses the currently available bacterial biosensors which can be used in detecting and studying the different AHLs.
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