Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Detection, isolation, and characterization of quorum sensing compounds. Bioassays of quorum sensing compounds using Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Chromobacterium violaceum / Weihua Chu, Dhiraj A. Vattem, Vatsala Maitin, Mary B. Barnes, and Robert J.C. McLean. Detection of 2-alkyl-4-quinolones using biosensors / Stephen P. Diggle, Matthew P. Fletcher, Miguel Cámara, and Paul Williams. FRET-based biosensors for the detection and quantification of AI-2 class of quorum sensing compounds / Sathish Rajamani and Richard Sayre. Isolation of agr quorum sensing autoinducers / Naomi Balaban. Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry for the detection and quantification of N-acyl-L-homoserine lactones and 4-hydroxy-2-alkylquinolines / François Lépine and Eric Déziel. Detection of autoinducer (AI-2)-like activity in food samples / Kirthiram K. Sivakumar, Palmy R. Jesudhasan, and Suresh D. Pillai. Detection of bacterial signaling molecules in liquid or gaseous environments / Peter Edmonson, Desmond Stubbs, and William Hunt. Determination of acyl homoserine lactone and tetramic acid concentrations in biological samples / Colin A. Lowery, Gunnar F. Kaufmann, and Kim D. Janda. Luminescent reporters and their applications for the characterization of signals and signal-mimics that alter LasR-mediated quorum sensing / Ali Alagely, Sathish Rajamani, and Max Teplitski -- Part II. Determining the function of autoinducers in vivo. Modulation of mammalian cell processes by bacterial quorum sensing molecules / Vladimir V. Kravchenko, Richard J. Ulevitch, and Gunnar F. Kaufmann. Imaging N-acyl homoserine lactone quorum sensing in vivo / Louise Dahl Christensen, Maria van Gennip, Tim Holm Jakobsen, Michael Givskov, and Thomas Bjarnsholt. Defining the structure and function of acyl-homoserine lactone autoinducers / Mair E.A. Churchill, Hiruy M. Sibhatu, and Charis L. Uhlson. Global expression analysis of quorum-sensing controlled genes / Martin Schuster -- Small RNA target genes and regulatory connections in the Vibrio cholerae quorum sensing system / Brian K. Hammer and Sine Lo Svenningsen. Quantifying Pseudomonas aeruginosa quinolones and examining their interactions with lipids / Gregory C. Palmer, Jeffrey W. Schertzer, Lauren Mashburn-Warren, and Marvin Whiteley. Linking quorum sensing regulation and biofilm formation by Candida albicans / Aurélie Deveau and Deborah A. Hogan. Design of synthetic mammalian quorum-sensing systems / Wilfried Weber and Martin Fussenegger -- Part III. Quorum sensing disruption strategies. Qualitative and quantitative determination of quorum sensing inhibition in vitro / Tim Holm Jakobsen, Maria van Gennip, Louise Dahl Christensen, Thomas Bjarnsholt, and Michael Givskov. Custom synthesis of autoinducers and their analogues / Jun Igarashi and Hiroaki Suga. Heterologous overexpression, purification, and in vitro characterization of AHL lactonases / Pei W. Thomas and Walter Fast. High-performance liquid chromatography analysis of N-acyl homoserine lactone hydrolysis by paraoxonases / John F. Teiber and Dragomir I. Draganov. Generation of quorum quenching antibodies / Gunnar F. Kaufmann, Junguk Park, Alexander V. Mayorov, Diane M. Kubitz, and Kim D. Janda.