Overview
This volume presents the first comprehensive review of bacterial quorum sensing, the signaling processes involved in control of multicellular activities of microbes. It reflects the explosion of knowledge in this area, and the realization that work being done in each of the signaling systems being studied may have important implications for other organisms not closely related by phylogeny or ecological niche.The first comprehensive review of the bacterial quorum sensing, the signaling processes involved in control of multicellular activities of microbes. It reflects the explosion of knowledge in this area, and the realization that work being done in each of the signaling systems being studied may have important implictions for other organisms not closely related by phylogeny or ecological niche. The authors cover the salient features of most of the quorum sensing systems that have been subjected to significant experimental anaylsis. The major topics covered for each system include the nature of the signaling molecule, its molecular mode of action, the genetic determinants involved, and how the sensing system relates to biology of the microorganism.