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Editorial
. 2024 May 16;25(10):5443.
doi: 10.3390/ijms25105443.

Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Communication and Their Biocontrol

Corinne Barbey  1   2   3 , Xavier Latour  1   2   3   4
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Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Communication and Their Biocontrol

Corinne Barbey et al. Int J Mol Sci. .

Abstract

A bacterium's ability to colonize and adapt to an ecological niche is highly dependent on its capacity to perceive and analyze its environment and its ability to interact with its hosts and congeners [...].

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