Progress in and promise of bacterial quorum sensing research

Communication between viruses guides lysis–lysogeny decisions

(2017) Zohar Erez et al.   NATURE

Engineering Soluble Human Paraoxonase 2 for Quorum Quenching

(2016) Xin Cathy Li et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

Niche-Specific Impact of a Symbiotic Function on the Persistence of Microbial Symbionts within a Natural Host

(2016) Subhash C. Verma et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Interactions between the microbiota and pathogenic bacteria in the gut

(2016) Andreas J. Bäumler et al.   NATURE

Spatial structure, cooperation and competition in biofilms

(2016) Carey D. Nadell et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Quorum sensing signal–response systems in Gram-negative bacteria

(2016) Kai Papenfort et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

A LuxR Homolog in a Cottonwood Tree Endophyte That Activates Gene Expression in Response to a Plant Signal or Specific Peptides

(2016) Amy L. Schaefer et al.   mBio

LasR Variant Cystic Fibrosis Isolates Reveal an Adaptable Quorum-Sensing Hierarchy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2016) John B. Feltner et al.   mBio

Chemotaxis towards autoinducer 2 mediates autoaggregation in Escherichia coli

(2016) Leanid Laganenka et al.   Nature Communications

Quorum sensing control of Type VI secretion factors restricts the proliferation of quorum-sensing mutants

(2016) Charlotte Majerczyk et al.   eLife

A crucial role for spatial distribution in bacterial quorum sensing

(2016) Meng Gao et al.   Scientific Reports

The Limitations of In Vitro Experimentation in Understanding Biofilms and Chronic Infection

(2015) Aled E.L. Roberts et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The biogeography of polymicrobial infection

(2015) Apollo Stacy et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Essential genome ofPseudomonas aeruginosain cystic fibrosis sputum

(2015) Keith H. Turner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Quorum sensing and policing ofPseudomonas aeruginosasocial cheaters

(2015) Meizhen Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structural and Mechanistic Roles of Novel Chemical Ligands on the SdiA Quorum-Sensing Transcription Regulator

(2015) Y Nguyen et al.   mBio

Manipulation of the Quorum Sensing Signal AI-2 Affects the Antibiotic-Treated Gut Microbiota

(2015) Jessica Ann Thompson et al.   Cell Reports

The Importance of Microbes in Animal Development: Lessons from the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis

(2014) Margaret J. McFall-Ngai   Annual Review of Microbiology

Mutational Analysis of the Quorum-Sensing Receptor LasR Reveals Interactions that Govern Activation and Inhibition by Nonlactone Ligands

(2014) Joseph P. Gerdt et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes Restrict Growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Lungs of Cystic Fibrosis Patients

(2014) Kasper N. Kragh et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Targeting virulence: can we make evolution-proof drugs?

(2014) Richard C. Allen et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial fight-and-flight responses enhance virulence in a polymicrobial infection

(2014) A. Stacy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dialkylresorcinols as bacterial signaling molecules

(2014) Sophie Brameyer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Real-time monitoring of quorum sensing in 3D-printed bacterial aggregates using scanning electrochemical microscopy

(2014) Jodi L. Connell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Divining the Essence of Symbiosis: Insights from the Squid-Vibrio Model

(2014) Margaret McFall-Ngai   PLOS BIOLOGY

Identification of Anti-virulence Compounds That Disrupt Quorum-Sensing Regulated Acute and Persistent Pathogenicity

(2014) Melissa Starkey et al.   PLoS Pathogens

An evolving perspective on the Pseudomonas aeruginosa orphan quorum sensing regulator QscR

(2014) Sudha Chugani et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Quorum Sensing: From Evolution to Application

(2013) Martin Schuster et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Cooperation, Quorum Sensing, and Evolution of Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

(2013) Eric J. G. Pollitt et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Production of Bioactive Volatiles by Different Burkholderia ambifaria Strains

(2013) Ulrike Groenhagen et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Pyrones as bacterial signaling molecules

(2013) Alexander O Brachmann et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

A high-throughput screen for quorum-sensing inhibitors that target acyl-homoserine lactone synthases

(2013) Quin H. Christensen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A quorum-sensing inhibitor blocks Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence and biofilm formation

(2013) C. T. O'Loughlin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Limitations of inclusive fitness

(2013) B. Allen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The in vivo biofilm

(2013) Thomas Bjarnsholt et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Bursting the bubble on bacterial biofilms: a flow cell methodology

(2012) Shanika A. Crusz et al.   BIOFOULING

Ecosystem processes and interactions in a morass of diversity

(2012) James I. Prosser   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Density-dependent fitness benefits in quorum-sensing bacterial populations

(2012) S. E. Darch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Quorum-sensing and cheating in bacterial biofilms

(2012) R. Popat et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Kin selection, quorum sensing and virulence in pathogenic bacteria

(2012) K. P. Rumbaugh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Bacterial Quorum Sensing and Metabolic Incentives to Cooperate

(2012) A. A. Dandekar et al.   SCIENCE

Quorum sensing and the confusion about diffusion

(2012) Stuart A. West et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

A novel widespread interkingdom signaling circuit

(2012) Juan F. González et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Bacterial Subfamily of LuxR Regulators That Respond to Plant Compounds

(2011) Sujatha Subramoni et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Divergence and Convergence in Enzyme Evolution: Parallel Evolution of Paraoxonases from Quorum-quenching Lactonases

(2011) Mikael Elias et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

(2011) Patrick Abbot et al.   NATURE

Identification of Synthetic Inducers and Inhibitors of the Quorum-Sensing Regulator LasR in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by High-Throughput Screening

(2010) B. R. Borlee et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Chemical Challenges to Bacterial AHL Signaling in the Environment

(2010) Alan W. Decho et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

A molecular mechanism that stabilizes cooperative secretions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2010) Joao B. Xavier et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The evolution of eusociality

(2010) Martin A. Nowak et al.   NATURE

Quorum Sensing and Virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa during Lung Infection of Cystic Fibrosis Patients

(2010) Thomas Bjarnsholt et al.   PLoS One

Chemical sensing in mammalian host-bacterial commensal associations

(2010) D. T. Hughes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microfluidic Confinement of Single Cells of Bacteria in Small Volumes Initiates High-Density Behavior of Quorum Sensing and Growth and Reveals Its Variability

(2009) James Q. Boedicker et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Quorum Sensing and the Social Evolution of Bacterial Virulence

(2009) Kendra P. Rumbaugh et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Cell–cell signalling in bacteria: not simply a matter of quorum

(2009) Mickaël Boyer et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Mutational Analysis of Burkholderia thailandensis Quorum Sensing and Self-Aggregation

(2009) J. R. Chandler et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

LuxR-family 'solos': bachelor sensors/regulators of signalling molecules

(2009) S. Subramoni et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Confinement-induced quorum sensing of individual Staphylococcus aureus bacteria

(2009) Eric C Carnes et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Social evolution in micro-organisms and a Trojan horse approach to medical intervention strategies

(2009) S. P. Brown et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Lack of genomic evidence of AI-2 receptors suggests a non-quorum sensing role for luxS in most bacteria

(2008) Fabio Rezzonico et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Drosophila are protected from Pseudomonas aeruginosa lethality by transgenic expression of paraoxonase-1

(2008) David A. Stoltz et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Pseudomonas aeruginosa lasR mutants are associated with cystic fibrosis lung disease progression

(2008) Lucas R. Hoffman et al.   Journal of Cystic Fibrosis

The LuxS-dependent autoinducer AI-2 controls the expression of an ABC transporter that functions in AI-2 uptake in Salmonella typhimurium

(2003) Michiko E. Taga et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY