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. 1999 May;181(9):2667-8.
doi: 10.1128/JB.181.9.2667-2668.1999.

Quorum sensing: the explanation of a curious phenomenon reveals a common characteristic of bacteria

J W Hastings  1 , E P Greenberg
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Quorum sensing: the explanation of a curious phenomenon reveals a common characteristic of bacteria

J W Hastings et al. J Bacteriol. 1999 May.
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FIG. 1
Time course for development of luminescence and luciferase as compared with growth, measured by optical density. Luciferase was measured with antibody as cross-reacting material (CRM); luminescence in vivo and in vitro was measured photometrically. Reprinted from reference .
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