Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Microbiology

Bilingual bacteria

Nature volume 450, pages 805–807 (2007)Cite this article

Many bacteria use chemical signals to coordinate group behaviour. A signal that suppresses virulence has been identified in the bacterium that causes cholera, and could be a new therapeutic target.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Figure 1: Inhibiting virulence in Vibrio cholerae.

References

  1. Miller, M. B., Skorupski, K., Lenz, D. H., Taylor, R. K. & Bassler, B. L. Cell 110, 303–314 (2002).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Zhu, J. et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 99, 3129–3134 (2002).

    Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Camilli, A. & Bassler, B. L. Science 311, 1113–1116 (2006).

    Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  4. Higgins, D. A. et al. Nature 450, 883–886 (2007).

    Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Sperandio, V. Expert Rev. Anti-infect. Ther. 5, 271–276 (2007).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Matthew R. Parsek is in the Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Box 357242, Seattle, Washington 98195-7242, USA. parsem@u.washington.edu,

    Matthew R. Parsek

Authors
  1. Matthew R. Parsek
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Parsek, M. Bilingual bacteria. Nature 450, 805–807 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/450805a

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/450805a

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing