An Alternative Quorum-Sensing Mechanism (IMAGE)

Princeton University

An Alternative Quorum-Sensing Mechanism

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Caption: Compared to a typical, or wild-type (WT) colony (left), P. aeruginosa cells lacking RhlR form a much more wrinkled biofilm (middle), while cells lacking RhlI form a biofilm that is abnormally smooth (right).

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Mukherjee et al., 2017.

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Mukherjee et al., 2017.

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