Quorum Sensing in Staph Bacteria (VIDEO)

Princeton University, Engineering School

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Researchers at Princeton added chemicals to the surface of materials that promote or inhibit bacterial communication known as quorum sensing. In the video cells change from glowing green to glowing red when the population grows sufficiently that quorum sensing begins.

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