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Safety in numbers. N-Acyl homoserine lactone (AHL) signalling molecules can be degraded or modified through various ways, including: 1) lactone hydrolysis, 2) amidohydrolysis, 3) reduction of the keto group present on the C3 position, and 4) oxidation or reduction of the acyl chain. All of these reactions lead to a possible perturbation or quenching of the function(s) regulated by quorum sensing.
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