AUTHOR=Pena Rocio Trastoy , Blasco Lucia , Ambroa Antón , González-Pedrajo Bertha , Fernández-García Laura , López Maria , Bleriot Ines , Bou German , García-Contreras Rodolfo , Wood Thomas Keith , Tomás Maria TITLE=Relationship Between Quorum Sensing and Secretion Systems JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology VOLUME=10 YEAR=2019 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01100 DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2019.01100 ISSN=1664-302X ABSTRACT=
Quorum sensing (QS) is a communication mechanism between bacteria that allows specific processes to be controlled, such as biofilm formation, virulence factor expression, production of secondary metabolites and stress adaptation mechanisms such as bacterial competition systems including secretion systems (SS). These SS have an important role in bacterial communication. SS are ubiquitous; they are present in both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria and in