Quorum Sensing Plays a Role in Interspecies Communications

question 36

Essay

Quorum sensing plays a role in interspecies communications. Describe the relationship between green seaweed Enteromorpha and Vibrio anguillarum bacterial cells in biofilms, and explain how Escherichia coli was used to understand this interaction.

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