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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 28.
Published in final edited form as: CRC Crit Rev Plant Sci. 2016 May 4;35(2):81–105. doi: 10.1080/07352689.2016.1172461

Figure 1.

Figure 1

The molecular formation mechanisms of quorum sensing (QS) and the subsequent cascade response, using the example of gram-negative bacteria. The numbers represent different stages of the QS process. Arrows show the main direction of signal transport due to active transport or diffusion.