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For this question, we are looking at the molecules called auto -inducers.
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So as this name indicates, auto means self, and inducers means to stimulate.
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So these are chemicals or molecules that bacteria are going to release, that are going to be able to stimulate both themselves, as well as similar cells in the localized area.
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So here you would have this bacterium releasing those auto -inducer molecules.
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Molecules.
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And this molecule can either travel back to the cell itself or it can travel to a new cell.
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So what these autoinducers do is all the cells making up this infection or this localized colony are going to be releasing this similar auto inducer.
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So as you get more cells, you get a higher density of those auto inducers in the environment...