微生物和人一样会借助于语言进行交流。微生物交流的主要方式之一是群体感应（quorum sensing，QS）。微生物的生长并不是一个简单的微生物个体在环境中获得营养物质、生长繁殖的过程，它涉及增殖细胞在定期传代培养期间引起的细胞群体密度的波动，伴随着细胞代谢，生长速率和运动的改变，导致细胞的微环境和宏观环境发生相应的变化

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