Quorum Sensing and its Biotechnological Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kalia, Vipin Chandra (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Biomedical engineering.; Bacteriology.; Microbiology.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Microbial genetics.; Microbial genomics.; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology.; Applied Microbiology.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Microbial Genetics and Genomics.

This book delves into the biotechnological applications of Quorum sensing (QS)- a peculiar gene-regulatory process of some microorganisms. Quorum Sensing allows a large bacterial population to work together in a coordinated manner to carry out metabolic activities, which individual bacterium cannot....