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Quorum sensing

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005345

Quorum sensing is a bacterial cell-to-cell communication process in which bacterial cells coordinate their gene expression by producing and releasing signal molecules, autoinducers, in response to cell density fluctuation.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005345
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsquorum signaling
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoMicrobial physiology; Cell communication
TranslationsSpanish: detección de quorum
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005345",
  "term": "Quorum sensing",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Quorum sensing is a bacterial cell-to-cell communication process in which bacterial cells coordinate their gene expression by producing and releasing signal molecules, autoinducers, in response to cell density fluctuation.",
  "synonyms": [
    "quorum signaling"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "microbial physiology",
    "cell communication"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "detección de quorum"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/quorum-sensing/"
}

Record 5,274 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.