English Dictionary

quorum sensing

noun

A proposed method of communication between bacterial cells by the release and sensing of small diffusible signal molecules.

Quorum sensing is a process of cell-to-cell communication in bacteria.

意味（1）

A proposed method of communication between bacterial cells by the release and sensing of small diffusible signal molecules.

An early case of quorum sensing to be uncovered involves—appropriately for this book—the sea and a cephalopod.