Editorial: Quorum-sensing in Gram-positive pathogens - mechanisms, role in infection, and potential as a therapeutic target

Affiliations

• ¹ Pathogen Molecular Genetics Section, Laboratory of Bacteriology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U.S. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
• ² Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States.
• ³ Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, College Park, MD, United States.
• ⁴ Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
• ⁵ Cluster of Excellence EXC 2124 "Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections", University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.