Meanings
adjectiveautoinducing (not comparable)
- not comparableThat promotes autoinduction.
The Sender cell contains the entire agr operon (P2-agrBDCA) and can thus both secrete and sense AIP, the autoinducing peptide.
2015 July 22, “A Synthetic Quorum Sensing System Reveals a Potential Private Benefit for Public Good Production in a Biofilm”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
Cite this entry
APA
autoinducing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoinducing
MLA
“autoinducing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoinducing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autoinducing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoinducing.
Source: autoinducing on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.