The quorum sensing site
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/quorum/
This site provides basic information, notice of labs and events, and general links relevant to bacterial quorum sensing.
GO term quorum sensing
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ego/GTerm?id=GO:0009372
The gene ontology (GO) description of quorum sensing shows the relationship of this bacterial phenomenon to other cell functions. There are links to further information.
Quorum sensing: Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorum_sensing
This site describes quorum sensing throughout biology, thus including social insects as well as bacteria. Ideas for using quorum sensing in computing are also mentioned.
Dual function quorum sensing agent
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/83/i04/8304earlysci.html
This web article describes a specific quorum sensing molecule that appears to have a dual role in cell communication and pathogenesis.
Quorum sensing; Faculty of 1000
http://www.f1000biology.com/article/id/1115221
This webpage provides commentary on a recent paper that describes a new class of quorum sensing molecules in bacteria.
Quorum sensing; Open wet ware
http://openwetware.org/wiki/IGEM:Harvard/2007/Quorum_Sensing
This page hosts an open discussion of experiments in quorum sensing. There are links to experimental protocols.
Quorum sensing citations
http://www.citeulike.org/tag/quorum-sensing
This page provides a useful bibliographic list of publications relevant to quorum sensing in microorganisms.
Quorum sensing and symbiosis
http://web.mst.edu/~djwesten/quorum_sensing.html
Quorum sensing is important in the rhizobial-plant symbiotic relationship. Rhizobia can live freely or in plant legumes and must undergo a transition to affiliate with the plant in developments mediated by chemical signals.
Boron-containing quorum sensing signal
http://www.f1000biology.com/article/id/1003866
This page contains commentary on an interesting paper that describes the discovery of boron associated with a quorum sensing molecule.
Molecules mediating cell-cell communication
http://www.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/genomes/awuster/wecb/
This site provides a excellent overview of quorum sensing.
Cell-to-cell communication in bacteria: Web lecture
http://www.wlap.org/browser.php?ID=20040131-umwlcd0001-007
This page contains links to a lecture on quorum sensing by Professor Bonnie Bassler that was delivered in 2004.
Cell-cell communication images
http://www.erc.montana.edu/res-lib99-sw/Image_Library/Cell-Cell_Communication/default.htm
This website provides some general cartoon-like images illustrating various aspects of quorum sensing that can be used for teaching or other purposes.
Unraveling bacterial communication pathways
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/cell-rewire-0612.html
This page desribes research into the specificity of quorum sensing networks.
Bacterial communication and group behavior
http://www.jci.org/112/9/1288/pdf
This URL links to a review article on quorum sensing that provides a good overview of the subject.
Bacterial conversations
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/84/8443cover.html
This web article describes bacterial quorum sensing, with an emphasis on the chemical signals mediating the response.