1 How Does Quorum Sensing Work? Quorum sensing is mediated by bacteria producing, releasing, and detecting extracellular signaling molecules called autoinducers. Typically, when individual bacteria ...

Quorum Sensing (QS): A communication system used by bacteria to coordinate group behaviors based on population density through the release and detection of signaling molecules. Biofilm ...

Pathogenic bacteria use this system—so-called quorum ... of new anti-infectives. These drugs are targeted at bacterial surface receptors, preventing them from recognizing autoinducer molecules.

Tanya Schneider's research interests broadly include the biosynthesis and molecular recognition of natural products, with a current focus on antibiotics and bacterial quorum sensing molecules. Her ...