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Title How does a bacterium make sense of the world? Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet UG Press release Media type Web Country/Territory Netherlands Date 17/10/2017 Description Bacteria use a variety of sensing mechanisms to respond adaptively to changes in their environment. One important cue could be how many cells of their own species are present (a mechanism called ‘quorum sensing’). However, scientists disagree on whether bacteria really are able to assess their own population density and whether they care about this information or base their decisions on other factors. University of Groningen biologists combined experiments and a mathematical model to show just what counts for a bacterium. The results were published in Nature Communications on 11 October. Producer/Author UG URL https://www.rug.nl/news/2017/10/how-does-a-bacterium-make-sense-of-the-world Persons Sander van Doorn, Stefany Moreno Gamez, Franjo Weissing, Jan Veening
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Title Behind the paper: Synchronizing bacterial sex Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Nature Research Microbiology Community Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 11/10/2017 Description Combining modeling and experiments to unravel quorum sensing in Streptococcus pneumoniae Producer/Author Jan Willem Veening URL https://naturemicrobiologycommunity.nature.com/users/57248-jan-willem-veening/posts/21017-synchronizing-bacterial-sex Persons Jan Willem Veening, Franjo Weissing, Sander van Doorn, Stefany Moreno Gamez