AMB Express invites articles on quorum sensing in microbial biotechnology. This collection covers fundamental and applied studies of bacterial cell–cell signaling via autoinducers, highlighting their biotechnological implications. Topics of interest include regulation of the production of value-added compounds (metabolites, enzymes, pigments), regulation of biofilm formation, implications in virulence, development of quorum sensing-based biosensors and synthetic biology applications for microbial production, and environmental uses such as bioremediation and wastewater treatment.
🗓️ Submission Deadline: 31 March 2026
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🎓 Guest Editors:
Jorge Barriuso, PhD, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), Spain
Juan Antonio Méndez, PhD, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), Spain
🔬 Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Mechanisms of quorum sensing and diversity of signaling molecules.
- Quorum sensing in the production of value-added compounds.
- Quorum sensing in biofilm formation and strategies for biofilm control.
- Quorum sensing in microbial communities, intraspecies and interspecies cross-talk.
- Quorum sensing-regulated virulence and anti-virulence approaches.
- Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering using quorum sensing.
- Quorum sensing-based biosensors and diagnostic tools.
- Environmental biotechnology applications of quorum sensing.
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