title: Working together for the common good: cell-cell communication in bacteria.
abstract: The 4th ASM Conference on Cell-Cell Communication in Bacteria was held in Miami, FL, from 6 to 9 November 2011. This review highlights three key themes that emerged from the many exciting talks and poster presentations in the area of quorum sensing: sociomicrobiology, signal transduction mechanisms, and interspecies communication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. ams@vt.edu
authors.forename: Ann M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: Kendra P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Rumbaugh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D005075:Biological Evolution; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D053038:Quorum Sensing / Q000502:physiology*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013045:Species Specificity; D013559:Symbiosis
chemical_list: D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface