title: Quorum sensing on a global scale: massive numbers of bioluminescent bacteria make milky seas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, 16 Divinity Avenue, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138-2020, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Nealson
authors.forename: J Woodland
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Hastings
mesh_terms: D015107:4-Butyrolactone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005068:Eutrophication / Q000502:physiology; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D019156:Indian Ocean; D049449:Luminescence; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D018531:Spacecraft; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C085427:LuxI protein, Bacteria; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; C064778:LuxR autoinducer binding proteins; C030654:N-(3-oxohexanoyl)-3-aminodihydro-2(3H)-furanone; D015107:4-Butyrolactone