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====''Acinetobacter'' sp.==== It has recently been found that ''[[Acinetobacter]]'' sp. also show quorum sensing activity. This bacterium, an emerging pathogen, produces AHLs.<ref name="biomedcentral">{{cite journal | vauthors = Chan KG, Atkinson S, Mathee K, Sam CK, Chhabra SR, Cámara M, Koh CL, Williams P | display-authors = 6 | title = Characterization of N-acylhomoserine lactone-degrading bacteria associated with the Zingiber officinale (ginger) rhizosphere: co-existence of quorum quenching and quorum sensing in Acinetobacter and Burkholderia | journal = BMC Microbiology | volume = 11 | issue = 1 <!-- |access-date=1 May 2022 --> | pages = 51 | date = March 2011 | pmid = 21385437 | pmc = 3062576 | doi = 10.1186/1471-2180-11-51 | doi-access = free }}</ref> ''Acinetobacter'' sp. shows both quorum sensing and quorum quenching activity. It produces AHLs and can also degrade the AHL molecules.<ref name="biomedcentral"/>
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