Guest guest Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 some related articles: Bugging bugs: Learning to speak microbe http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527501.300-bugging-bugs-learning-to-spea\ k-microbe.html Why microbes are smarter than you thought http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17390-why-microbes-are-smarter-than-you-th\ ought.html I hope you can read the articles, as some of the content is subscriber-only (but i don't understand how it works, I'm not a subscriber and can usually access articles). Lots more articles about QS there ... > > > > > > > http://www.ted.com/talks/bonnie_bassler_on_how_bacteria_communicate.html > > > > > > http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/04/28/New-Study-Show > > > -How-Bacteria-Actually-Synchronize-Together-to-Harm-You.aspx > > > > > > I have mentioned the article by Bassler several times here. Quorum sensing is a very promising area, I think within ten years it might provide good (better?) alternatives for antibiotics. > > > > Maybe we can convince the 'chetes to do us no harm by 'talking' to them through quorum sensing; no need to kill them all if they behave themselves > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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