# How bacteria "talk" - Bonnie Bassler Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXWurAmtf78 How bacteria talk. TedTalk ![[Screenshot 2022-04-07 at 11.00.06 AM.png]] Perhaps, we can design a system that based on "noise" or "signal". High density signals turn on certain functions. Threshold. #Biomimicry Molecular biology. Quorum sensing - They grow and wait until they have reached enough density that launch to attack their host, or turn on the light. - [[HOPES Project Index]] What is the density needed to consider relapse, or unwell? Bacteria have specific language that only they can understand, to count their siblings. ### Bacterial Communities. But not enough to just speak to own people, they have multi-lingual bacteria system ![[Screenshot 2022-04-07 at 11.09.34 AM.png]] They count, who is majority and who is minority in the environment to decide their actions/behavior. ### idea, new form of antibiotic Behavior modification. So don't let bacteria hear, or talk. ![[Screenshot 2022-04-07 at 11.13.19 AM.png]] Also can make good bacteria work better by activate them.