| − | Quorum sensing allows bacteria to sense the local density of bacterial cells. This is possible because cells of many bacterial species secrete small [[molecules]] that can be detected by other bacterial cells. The concentration of these signaling molecules is used in quorum sensing<ref>Campbell, Neil A., and Jane B. Reece. Biology. San Francisco: Benjamin Cummings, 2002. Print.</ref> | + | '''Quorum sensing''' allows bacteria to sense the local density of bacterial cells. This is possible because cells of many bacterial species secrete small [[molecules]] that can be detected by other bacterial cells. The concentration of these signaling molecules is used in quorum sensing<ref>Campbell, Neil A., and Jane B. Reece. Biology. San Francisco: Benjamin Cummings, 2002. Print.</ref> |