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Autoinducer Definition:
With respect to quorum sensing, a small molecule that induces synthesis of the enzyme responsible for the autoinducer's synthesis.
Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton
Autoinducer Notes:
Autoinducers are molecules that are involved in signaling and are produced in response to the alterations in density of cell-population. The concentration of the autoinducer increases as the quorum sensing bacterial cells density increases.
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