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How do bacteria communicate?

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lets say your`e coming home after a long day of work the house is quiet,but the lights are on so you call out anybody home and your kids respond with joyous shouts,and your spouse greets you from the kitchen. In this way you have accounted for your family members. bla bla bla and bla...

ok umm say you've heard an animal noise that indicated some form of communication, but it wasnt until fairly recently that we learned that even some of the smallest organisms on Earth BACTERIA can communicate with each other... =)) im only 11 LOL

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Bacteria communicate through a process called quorum sensing. They release and detect chemical molecules called autoinducers, which allow them to sense the population density of surrounding bacteria. When the concentration of autoinducers reaches a certain threshold, it triggers coordinated gene expression and behavior, enabling bacteria to act collectively and perform tasks such as forming biofilms or initiating pathogenicity.

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