Quorum sensing: Bacteria talks | Bonnie Bassler

Quorum sensing is how bacteria communicates and decides the behaviors it will express . In this talk, molecular biologist Bonnie Bassler discusses the use of inhibitors that disrupt this to create a new type of antibiotic. Could this change the way we treat bacteria? TEDArchive presents previously unpublished talks from TED conferences. Enjoy this unedited talk by Bonnie Bassler . Filmed at TED2014. NOTE: Comments are disabled on this video. We made this difficult decision for the TED Archive because we believe that a well-moderated conversation allows for better commentary from more people and more viewpoints. Studies show that aggressive and hateful comments silence other commenters and drive them away; unfortunately, YouTube's comment moderation tools are simply not up to the task of allowing us to monitor comments on so many videos at once. (We'd love to see this change, YouTube.) So for now, if you'd like to comment on this talk, please use Facebook, Twitter or G+ to discuss with your networks.