autoinducern.
/ˌɔːtəʊɪnˈdjuːsə/, /ˌɔːtəʊɪnˈdʒuːsə/, U.S. /ˌɔdoʊənˈd(j)usər/, /ˌɑdoʊənˈd(j)usər/ Biology.
A substance causing autoinduction; esp. an extracellular molecule produced by a population of microorganisms which induces a particular process in the population as a whole once a sufficient concentration is reached. Cf. autoinduction n. 2.
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autoinducer1968
1968 H. P. Turley (title of Ph.D thesis, Catholic University of Amer.) The presence of an autoinducer of differentiation in synchronously encysting populations of Acanthamoeba sp.
1978 Sci. News 18 Feb. 109/1 This bacterium, named Y-1, is a member of a known luminescent species, Photobacterium fischeri, and produces the autoinducer typical of that species.
2002 P. Herring Biol. Deep Ocean ix. 199 The cellular machinery that controls luciferase production is only switched on when an extra-cellular ‘autoinducer’ (produced by the bacteria itself) reaches a high enough concentration in the surrounding medium.
2005 A. N. Hamer in K. M. Cheng & K. M. Myers Child & Adolescent Psychiatry iv. xx 412 Half-life decreases over time because carbamazepine is an autoinducer.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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