Twentieth century observed a huge paradigm shift in the field of sociobiology, which moved from social intelligence of animals to microbes. Quorum Sensing Molecules (QSMs) are the small chemical molecules, which establish the mode of communication among microbes, and is called Quorum Sensing (QS). These molecules are crucial for determining the decisions of large groups of cells, which is a density-dependent process. Thus, this mechanism draws a very thin line between bacteria that are actually prokaryotes and clustered bacteria mimicking eukaryotes. This review discusses about the designs of microbial communication networks, and the role of QS in plant–microbe interaction.

二十世纪，社会生物学领域发生了巨大的范式转变，从动物的社会智能转移到了微生物。群体感应分子（QSM）是小的化学分子，建立了微生物之间的交流方式，被称为群体感应（QS）。这些分子对于决定大型细胞群的决定至关重要，这是一个依赖于密度的过程。因此，这种机制在实际上是原核生物的细菌和模仿真核生物的成簇细菌之间划出了一条很细的界限。这篇综述讨论了微生物通讯网络的设计，以及QS在植物与微生物相互作用中的作用。