Interkingdom signaling

Interkingdom Signaling (also interkingdom communication, cross-kingdom signaling or communication): A termed first coined in 2003/2004 to describe the effects of quorum sensing autoinducers produced by bacterial pathogens on host cells. The concept that small signaling molecules produced by organisms from every kingdom of nature can facilitate cross-talk,communication or signal interference.

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Papers on the subject

Rumbaugh, K.P. 2004. The Language of Bacteria…and Just About Everything Else. The Scientist. 18(17):26-27.
Vanessa Sperandio, Alfredo G. Torres , Bruce Jarvis, James P. Nataro, and James B. Kaper . Bacteria–host communication: The language of hormones. PNAS.July 22, 2003, vol. 100, no. 15,8951-8956.
Shiner, E.K., Rumbaugh, K. P., and S. C. Williams. 2005. Interkingdom Signaling: deciphering the language of homoserine lactones. FEMS Microbiol Rev. 29(5):935-47.
Rumbaugh, K.P. 2007. Convergence of Hormones and Autoinducers at the Host/Pathogen Interface. Anal Bioanal Chem. 387(2): 425-435.
Sperandio V. Striking a balance: inter-kingdom cell-to-cell signaling, friendship or war? Trends Immunol. 2004 Oct;25(10):505-7.