Papenfort K, Bassler B. Quorum sensing signal-response systems in Gram-negative bacteria. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2016;14(9):576–88. PMCID: PMC5056591

Kim M, Ingremeau F, Zhao A, Bassler B, Stone H. Local and global consequences of flow on bacterial quorum sensing. Nat Microbiol. 2016;1:15005. PMCID: PMC5010089

Seyedsayamdost M, Chandler J, Blodgett J, Lima P, Duerkop B, Oinuma K-I, Greenberg P, Clardy J. Quorum-sensing-regulated bactobolin production by Burkholderia thailandensis E264. Org Lett. 2010;12(4):716–9. PMCID: PMC2821070

Wang B, Zhao A, Novick R, Muir T. Key driving forces in the biosynthesis of autoinducing peptides required for staphylococcal virulence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015;112(34):10679–84. PMCID: PMC4553796

Lenz D, Bassler B. The small nucleoid protein Fis is involved in Vibrio cholerae quorum sensing. Mol Microbiol. 2007;63(3):859–71. PMID: 17181781

Tu K, Bassler B. Multiple small RNAs act additively to integrate sensory information and control quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi. Genes Dev. 2007;21(2):221–33. PMCID: PMC1770904

Xavier K, Miller S, Lu W, Kim J, Rabinowitz J, Pelczer I, Semmelhack M, Bassler B. Phosphorylation and processing of the quorum-sensing molecule autoinducer-2 in enteric bacteria. ACS Chem Biol. 2007;2(2):128–36. PMID: 17274596

Hammer B, Bassler B. Regulatory small RNAs circumvent the conventional quorum sensing pathway in pandemic Vibrio cholerae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007;104(27):11145–9. PMCID: PMC1888797

Rader B, Campagna S, Semmelhack M, Bassler B, Guillemin K. The quorum-sensing molecule autoinducer 2 regulates motility and flagellar morphogenesis in Helicobacter pylori. J Bacteriol. 2007;189(17):6109–17. PMCID: PMC1951907

Svenningsen S, Waters C, Bassler B. A negative feedback loop involving small RNAs accelerates Vibrio cholerae’s transition out of quorum-sensing mode. Genes Dev. 2008;22(2):226–38. PMCID: PMC2192756

Waters C, Lu W, Rabinowitz J, Bassler B. Quorum sensing controls biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae through modulation of cyclic di-GMP levels and repression of vpsT. J Bacteriol. 2008;190(7):2527–36. PMCID: PMC2293178

Swem L, Swem D, Wingreen N, Bassler B. Deducing receptor signaling parameters from in vivo analysis: LuxN/AI-1 quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi. Cell. 2008;134(3):461–73. PMCID: PMC2585989

Pompeani A, Irgon J, Berger M, Bulyk M, Wingreen N, Bassler B. The Vibrio harveyi master quorum-sensing regulator, LuxR, a TetR-type protein is both an activator and a repressor: DNA recognition and binding specificity at target promoters. Mol Microbiol. 2008;70(1):76–88. PMCID: PMC2628434

Tu K, Waters C, Svenningsen S, Bassler B. A small-RNA-mediated negative feedback loop controls quorum-sensing dynamics in Vibrio harveyi. Mol Microbiol. 2008;70(4):896–907. PMCID: PMC2680268

Nadell C, Bassler B, Levin S. Observing bacteria through the lens of social evolution. J Biol. 2008;7(7):27. PMCID: PMC2776406

Hammer B, Bassler B. Distinct sensory pathways in Vibrio cholerae El Tor and classical biotypes modulate cyclic dimeric GMP levels to control biofilm formation. J Bacteriol. 2009;191(1):169–77. PMCID: PMC2612459

Svenningsen S, Tu K, Bassler B. Gene dosage compensation calibrates four regulatory RNAs to control Vibrio cholerae quorum sensing. EMBO J. 2009;28(4):429–39. PMCID: PMC2632942

Long T, Tu K, Wang Y, Mehta P, Ong N, Bassler B, Wingreen N. Quantifying the integration of quorum-sensing signals with single-cell resolution. PLoS Biol. 2009;7(3):e68. PMCID: PMC2661960

Swem L, Swem D, O’Loughlin C, Gatmaitan R, Zhao B, Ulrich S, Bassler B. A quorum-sensing antagonist targets both membrane-bound and cytoplasmic receptors and controls bacterial pathogenicity. Mol Cell. 2009;35(2):143–53. PMCID: PMC2741501

Ng W-L, Bassler B. Bacterial quorum-sensing network architectures. Annu Rev Genet. 2009;43:197–222. PMCID: PMC4313539

Kelly R, Bolitho M, Higgins D, Lu W, Ng W-L, Jeffrey P, Rabinowitz J, Semmelhack M, Hughson F, Bassler B. The Vibrio cholerae quorum-sensing autoinducer CAI-1: analysis of the biosynthetic enzyme CqsA. Nat Chem Biol. 2009;5(12):891–5. PMCID: PMC2847429

Mehta P, Goyal S, Long T, Bassler B, Wingreen N. Information processing and signal integration in bacterial quorum sensing. Mol Syst Biol. 2009;5:325. PMCID: PMC2795473

Tu K, Long T, Svenningsen S, Wingreen N, Bassler B. Negative feedback loops involving small regulatory RNAs precisely control the Vibrio harveyi quorum-sensing response. Mol Cell. 2010;37(4):567–79. PMCID: PMC2844700

Ng W-L, Wei Y, Perez L, Cong J, Long T, Koch M, Semmelhack M, Wingreen N, Bassler B. Probing bacterial transmembrane histidine kinase receptor-ligand interactions with natural and synthetic molecules. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010;107(12):5575–80. PMCID: PMC2851778

Teng S-W, Wang Y, Tu K, Long T, Mehta P, Wingreen N, Bassler B, Ong N. Measurement of the copy number of the master quorum-sensing regulator of a bacterial cell. Biophys J. 2010;98(9):2024–31. PMCID: PMC2862190

Waters C, Wu J, Ramsey M, Harris R, Bassler B. Control of the type 3 secretion system in Vibrio harveyi by quorum sensing through repression of ExsA. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010;76(15):4996–5004. PMCID: PMC2916497

Ng W-L, Perez L, Wei Y, Kraml C, Semmelhack M, Bassler B. Signal production and detection specificity in Vibrio CqsA/CqsS quorum-sensing systems. Mol Microbiol. 2011;79(6):1407–17. PMCID: PMC3285556

Wei Y, Perez L, Ng W-L, Semmelhack M, Bassler B. Mechanism of Vibrio cholerae autoinducer-1 biosynthesis. ACS Chem Biol. 2011;6(4):356–65. PMCID: PMC3077805

Rutherford S, van Kessel J, Shao Y, Bassler B. AphA and LuxR/HapR reciprocally control quorum sensing in vibrios. Genes Dev. 2011;25(4):397–408. PMCID: PMC3042162

Chen G, Swem L, Swem D, Stauff D, O’Loughlin C, Jeffrey P, Bassler B, Hughson F. A strategy for antagonizing quorum sensing. Mol Cell. 2011;42(2):199–209. PMCID: PMC3092643

Wei Y, Ng W-L, Cong J, Bassler B. Ligand and antagonist driven regulation of the Vibrio cholerae quorum-sensing receptor CqsS. Mol Microbiol. 2012;83(6):1095–108. PMCID: PMC3310172

Shao Y, Bassler B. Quorum-sensing non-coding small RNAs use unique pairing regions to differentially control mRNA targets. Mol Microbiol. 2012;83(3):599–611. PMCID: PMC3262071

Ng W-L, Perez L, Cong J, Semmelhack M, Bassler B. Broad spectrum pro-quorum-sensing molecules as inhibitors of virulence in vibrios. PLoS Pathog. 2012;8(6):e1002767. PMCID: PMC3386246

Perez L, Ng W-L, Marano P, Brook K, Bassler B, Semmelhack M. Role of the CAI-1 fatty acid tail in the Vibrio cholerae quorum sensing response. J Med Chem. 2012;55(22):9669–81. PMCID: PMC3798069

Rutherford S, Bassler B. Bacterial quorum sensing: its role in virulence and possibilities for its control. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2012;2(11). PMCID: PMC3543102

Nadell C, Bucci V, Drescher K, Levin S, Bassler B, Xavier J. Cutting through the complexity of cell collectives. Proc Biol Sci. 2013;280(1755):20122770. PMCID: PMC3574390

van Kessel J, Rutherford S, Shao Y, Utria A, Bassler B. Individual and combined roles of the master regulators AphA and LuxR in control of the Vibrio harveyi quorum-sensing regulon. J Bacteriol. 2013;195(3):436–43. PMCID: PMC3554009

Shao Y, Feng L, Rutherford S, Papenfort K, Bassler B. Functional determinants of the quorum-sensing non-coding RNAs and their roles in target regulation. EMBO J. 2013;32(15):2158–71. PMCID: PMC3730234

van Kessel J, Ulrich L, Zhulin I, Bassler B. Analysis of activator and repressor functions reveals the requirements for transcriptional control by LuxR, the master regulator of quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi. mBio. 2013;4(4). PMCID: PMC3705450

O’Loughlin C, Miller L, Siryaporn A, Drescher K, Semmelhack M, Bassler B. A quorum-sensing inhibitor blocks Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence and biofilm formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013;110(44):17981–6. PMCID: PMC3816427

Ke X, Miller L, Ng W-L, Bassler B. CqsA-CqsS quorum-sensing signal-receptor specificity in Photobacterium angustum. Mol Microbiol. 2014;91(4):821–33. PMCID: PMC3959898

Shao Y, Bassler B. Quorum regulatory small RNAs repress type VI secretion in Vibrio cholerae. Mol Microbiol. 2014;92(5):921–30. PMCID: PMC4038675

Ke X, Miller L, Bassler B. Determinants governing ligand specificity of the Vibrio harveyi LuxN quorum-sensing receptor. Mol Microbiol. 2015;95(1):127–42. PMCID: PMC4275348

Werner K, Perez L, Ghosh R, Semmelhack M, Bassler B. Caenorhabditis elegans recognizes a bacterial quorum-sensing signal molecule through the AWCON neuron. J Biol Chem. 2014;289(38):26566–26573. PMCID: PMC4176233

Bassler B, Wingreen N. Working together at the interface of physics and biology. Phys Biol. 2014;11(5):053010. PMID: 25294092

Feng L, Rutherford S, Papenfort K, Bagert J, van Kessel J, Tirrell D, Wingreen N, Bassler B. A qrr noncoding RNA deploys four different regulatory mechanisms to optimize quorum-sensing dynamics. Cell. 2015;160(1-2):228–40. PMCID: PMC4313533

Rutherford S, Valastyan J, Taillefumier T, Wingreen N, Bassler B. Comprehensive analysis reveals how single nucleotides contribute to noncoding RNA function in bacterial quorum sensing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015;112(44):E6038–47. PMCID: PMC4640798

Even-Tov E, Bendori S, Valastyan J, Ke X, Pollak S, Bareia T, Ben-Zion I, Bassler B, Eldar A. Social Evolution Selects for Redundancy in Bacterial Quorum Sensing. PLoS Biol. 2016;14(2):e1002386. PMCID: PMC4771773

van Kessel J, Rutherford S, Cong J-P, Quinodoz S, Healy J, Bassler B. Quorum sensing regulates the osmotic stress response in Vibrio harveyi. J Bacteriol. 2015;197(1):73–80. PMCID: PMC4288691

Ismail A, Valastyan J, Bassler B. A Host-Produced Autoinducer-2 Mimic Activates Bacterial Quorum Sensing. Cell Host Microbe. 2016;19(4):470–80. PMCID: PMC4869860