MicrobiologybioRxiv
The fitness burden imposed by synthesizing quorum sensing signals
Avika Ruparell, Jean Frederic Dubern, Cartherine A Ortori…·Kim Rachael Hardie
This study demonstrates that producing quorum sensing signal molecules (QSSMs) incurs fitness costs to bacterial cells, as shown by growth defects and metabolic changes.
DOI 10.1038/srep33101