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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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