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Model of how pheromone signaling could enable a population-wide response to a local cue. A gradient of some key environmental parameter that induces PS is shown in red. Bacteria are represented as rod-shaped cells, with blue fill indicating the extent of a PS-dependent regulatory response. Pentagons represent a diffusible (e.g., HSL) pheromone.
