Bacterial Quorum Sensing (QS)
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology and Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 3627
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The discovery of microbial communication through quorum sensing (QS) is considered one of the major advances in science. Microbial cells can communicate via quorum signals known as autoinducers or pheromones. Several mechanisms encountered in QS have been described. Quorum sensing machinery controls the secretion of an arsenal of enzymes, proteins, and polysaccharides. Moreover, QS is considered one of the major contributors to the expression of microbial virulence factors, biofilm assembly, host colonization, and evasion. In addition, cellular behavior in the presence of invaders is also controlled by QS circuits.
Quorum sensing inhibition (QSI) is an attractive approach for the development of novel antipathogenic therapies as it disrupts bacterial pathogenic activities without killing the pathogen and facilitates microbial eradication via the immune system.
This Special Issue will provide a collection of articles that display new findings on how microorganisms communicate and how they interact through quorum sensing circuits, as well as how the QSI can influence microbial infection and dissemination. I invite you to submit research articles, review articles, and short communications related to quorum sensing along with new advances in quorum sensing inhibitors.
The main topics of interest include:
- Novel genes in QS circuits
- New approaches in QS
- QS and ecosystem
- QS and metabolites production.
- QS and microbial virulence
- Novel synthetic or natural QSI
- In vitro and in vivo applications of QSI
- QSI via nanomaterials
Dr. Mona I. Shaaban
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- quorum sensing
- quorum sensing inhibition
- cell–cell communication
- autoinducers
- cell signaling
- quorum quenching
- microbial virulence
- biofilm
