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quorum quenching: a standalone construct

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Microbiology

breaking down or blocking cell-to-cell signals so a population cannot coordinate group behavior.

In microbiology, quorum quenching refers to breaking down or blocking cell-to-cell signals so a population cannot coordinate group behavior. This meaning comes from Dong (2001) in Nature.[1]

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References

Dong, Y., Wang, L., Xu, J., Zhang, H., Zhang, X., & Zhang, L. (2001). Quenching quorum-sensing-dependent bacterial infection by an N-acyl homoserine lactonase. Nature, 411(6839), 813-817. https://doi.org/10.1038/35081101

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