Quorum sensing

Quorum sensing is a process of cell-cell communication.

Quorum sensing is a communication mechanism between bacteria that allows specific processes to be controlled, such as biofilm formation, virulence factor expression, production of secondary metabolites and stress adaptation mechanisms. Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria use different types of quorum sensing systems.

How Quorum Sensing Works, (American Society for Microbiology, 2020)

Bacterial Quorum Sensing: Its Role in Virulence and Possibilities for Its Control (Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, 2012)