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Bacterial Relay Race

Pennsylvania State University iGEM 2005

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Bacterial “Relay Race”

-> 1. A motile bacteria [B1] moves along a microchannel producing a diffusible quorum signal
-> 2. When it encounters a second immotile bacteria [B2], the quorum signal turns on a switch controlling the latter’s motility
-> 3. Concurrently switching off its own motility, [B1].