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The Language

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One of the major concerns in bacterial communication is to understand and to decode the language spoken by microorganisms. The intraspecies languages spoken by Gram-negative and -positive bacteria, which are used for interspecies communication (universal chemical lexicon), and the relatively new bacterial signal that seems to be involved in cross-talk between bacteria and the human host (e.g., interkingdom communication) are reviewed in this chapter. Several examples are given for species that are predominantly relevant in foods.

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Gobbetti, M., Di Cagno, R. (2012). The Language. In: Bacterial Communication in Foods. SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5656-8_1

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