| Description |
1 online resource (x, 77 pages) |
| Series |
SpringerBriefs in food, health, and nutrition |
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SpringerBriefs in food, health, and nutrition.
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| Contents |
The Language -- The Phenotypes -- The Behavior in Foods -- The Probiotic Message -- The New Perspective |
| Summary |
It is generally assumed that microorganisms synthesize, release, detect and respond to small signaling hormone-like molecules. These molecules are used for a process termed "quorum sensing" (QS), a phenomenon that enables bacteria to sense when the minimal number of cells, or "quorum," is achieved for a concerted response to be initiated. Words such as "language" and "behavior" are frequently used to depict QS in the literature. More simply put, language and cross-talk between bacteria, and between bacteria and animal or plant hosts, determines the behavior (e.g., beneficial or pathogenic effe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bacteria -- Physiology.
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Cell interaction.
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Bacterial Physiological Phenomena.
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Cell Communication.
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Food Microbiology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012951653 |
| ISBN |
1283909227 (MyiLibrary) |
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1461456568 (electronic bk.) |
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9781283909228 (MyiLibrary) |
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9781461456568 (electronic bk.) |
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