"Quorum Sensing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A phenomenon where microorganisms communicate and coordinate their behavior by the accumulation of signaling molecules. A reaction occurs when a substance accumulates to a sufficient concentration. This is most commonly seen in bacteria.
| Descriptor ID |
D053038
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
G04.085.700 G06.550.700
|
| Concept/Terms |
Quorum Quenching- Quorum Quenching
- Quenching, Quorum
- Quenchings, Quorum
- Quorum Quenchings
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Quorum Sensing".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Quorum Sensing".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Quorum Sensing" by people in this website by year, and whether "Quorum Sensing" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Quorum Sensing" by people in Profiles.
-
Antagonism by the type VI secretion system of Bacteroides fragilis is controlled by a TetR family regulator and released small molecule. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Apr 14; 123(15):e2516485123.
-
Combinatorial control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development by quorum-sensing and nutrient-sensing regulators. mSystems. 2024 09 17; 9(9):e0037224.
-
A very brief note on why bacterial evolution has physiology. J Physiol. 2024 06; 602(11):2395-2399.
-
Another battle won in the phage-host arms race: Pseudomonas phage blocks quorum sensing regulator LasR. Mol Cell. 2021 02 04; 81(3):420-422.
-
Photosensing and quorum sensing are integrated to control Pseudomonas aeruginosa collective behaviors. PLoS Biol. 2019 12; 17(12):e3000579.
-
Bacterial quorum sensing in complex and dynamically changing environments. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2019 06; 17(6):371-382.
-
The PqsE and RhlR proteins are an autoinducer synthase-receptor pair that control virulence and biofilm development in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 10 02; 115(40):E9411-E9418.
-
The RhlR quorum-sensing receptor controls Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis and biofilm development independently of its canonical homoserine lactone autoinducer. PLoS Pathog. 2017 Jul; 13(7):e1006504.
-
Flavonoids Suppress Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence through Allosteric Inhibition of Quorum-sensing Receptors. J Biol Chem. 2017 03 10; 292(10):4064-4076.
-
Quorum sensing controls the Pseudomonas aeruginosa CRISPR-Cas adaptive immune system. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 01 03; 114(1):131-135.