quorum sensing

process in which single-celled organisms monitor their population density by detecting the concentration of small, diffusible signal molecules produced by the cells themselves.
Intangible biological_process Q905754
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quorum sensing

Summary

quorum sensing is a biological process[1]. It draws 208 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #124 of 442).[2]

Key Facts

  • quorum sensing's instance of is recorded as biological process[3].
  • quorum sensing's subclass of is recorded as cell-cell signaling[4].
  • quorum sensing's subclass of is recorded as detection of cell density[5].
  • quorum sensing's part of is recorded as psychological terminology[6].
  • quorum sensing's Commons category is recorded as Quorum sensing[7].
  • quorum sensing's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D053038[8].
  • quorum sensing's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/015hb_[9].
  • quorum sensing's MeSH tree code is recorded as G06.550.700[10].
  • quorum sensing's MeSH tree code is recorded as G04.085.700[11].
  • quorum sensing's Gene Ontology ID is recorded as GO:0009372[12].
  • quorum sensing's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/quorum-sensing[13].
  • quorum sensing's BBC Things ID is recorded as fc8ecda3-7ad4-4fde-9d27-001ed4042c54[14].
  • quorum sensing's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0009372[15].
  • quorum sensing's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1154599[16].
  • quorum sensing's Quora topic ID is recorded as Quorum-Sensing-1[17].
  • quorum sensing's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as quorum-sensing[18].
  • quorum sensing's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 118687296[19].
  • quorum sensing's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C118687296[20].
  • quorum sensing's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2908737351[21].

Why It Matters

quorum sensing draws 208 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #124 of 442).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Gene Ontology release 2022-07-01. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Gene Ontology release 2022-07-01. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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