Bacterial communication in foods /

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Author / Creator:	Gobbetti, Marco.
Imprint:	New York : Springer, c2013
Description:	1 online resource (x, 77 p.)
Language:	English
Series:	SpringerBriefs in food, health, and nutrition SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition.
Subject:	Bacteria -- Physiology. Cell interaction. Bacteria -- Physiology. Cell interaction. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9848825

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ISBN:	1461456568 (electronic bk.) 9781461456568 (electronic bk.) 9781461456551 146145655X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	It is generally assumed that microorganisms synthesize, release, detect and respond to small signaling hormone-like molecules. These molecules are used for a process termed "quorum sensing" (QS), a phenomenon that enables bacteria to sense when the minimal number of cells, or "quorum," is achieved for a concerted response to be initiated. Words such as "language" and "behavior" are frequently used to depict QS in the literature. More simply put, language and cross-talk between bacteria, and between bacteria and animal or plant hosts, determines the behavior (e.g., beneficial or pathogenic effe.
Other form:	Print version: 9781461456551 146145655X

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