Volume 5 Issue 1 (January-February, 2019)

Review Articles

Quorum Sensing Versus Quorum Quenching- An Endless Battle
Archita Datta, Arundeep Kaur Lamba, Farrukh Farazz, Shruti Tandon, Kanika Chowdhri

Biofilm can be defined as an aggregation of one or more groups of different microorganisms, embedded in a self-produced matrix and adhering to a firm surface. Many studies are being done on the benefits of a quorum sensing inhibition and its use in medicine. Hence; in the present review, we have attempted to summarize some of the significant aspects of Quorum sensing and Quorum quenching.
Key words: Plaque, Quorum sensing, Quorum quenching.

Received: 2 November 2018                                Revised: 8 December 2018                           Accepted: 10 December 2018

Corresponding author: Dr. Archita Datta, Senior resident, Department of Periodontology, Maulana Aazad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi,  India

This article may be cited as: Datta A, Lamba AK, Farazz F, Tandon S, Chowdhri K. Quorum Sensing Versus Quorum Quenching: An Endless Battle. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2019; 5(1):1-4.

 
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