1. Quorum sensing: bacterial chatting

   • Ursula Obst

   Editorial 01 December 2006 Pages: 369 - 370

2. The effect of the chemical, biological, and physical environment on quorum sensing in structured microbial communities

   • Alexander R. Horswill
   • Paul Stoodley
   • Matthew R. Parsek

   Review Open access 19 September 2006 Pages: 371 - 380

   

3. New insights into the regulatory mechanisms of the LuxR family of quorum sensing regulators

   • William Nasser
   • Sylvie Reverchon

   Review 05 September 2006 Pages: 381 - 390

   

4. Beyond quorum sensing: the complexities of prokaryotic parliamentary procedures

   • Anne K. Dunn
   • Eric V. Stabb

   Review 05 September 2006 Pages: 391 - 398

   

5. Microbial interactions in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms

   • Dietrich Mack
   • Angharad P. Davies
   • Johannes K.-M. Knobloch

   Review 06 September 2006 Pages: 399 - 408

   

6. The role of quorum sensing in the pathogenicity of the cunning aggressor Pseudomonas aeruginosa

   • Thomas Bjarnsholt
   • Michael Givskov

   Review 26 September 2006 Pages: 409 - 414

7. Quorum sensing in Erwinia species

   • Anne M. L. Barnard
   • George P. C. Salmond

   Review 30 August 2006 Pages: 415 - 423

   

8. Convergence of hormones and autoinducers at the host/pathogen interface

   • Kendra P. Rumbaugh

   Review 16 August 2006 Pages: 425 - 435

   

9. Quorum-sensing systems in staphylococci as therapeutic targets

   • Niamh Harraghy
   • Sylvain Kerdudou
   • Mathias Herrmann

   Review 28 October 2006 Pages: 437 - 444

   

10. Bacterial quorum sensing and interference by naturally occurring biomimics

    • Diane McDougald
    • Scott A. Rice
    • Staffan Kjelleberg

    Review 26 September 2006 Pages: 445 - 453

    

11. Identification of bacterial N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs) with a combination of ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC), ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometry, and in-situ biosensors

    • Agnes Fekete
    • Moritz Frommberger
    • Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin

    Review 13 December 2006 Pages: 455 - 467

    

12. Analysis of the hierarchy of quorum-sensing regulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    • Victoria E. Wagner
    • Luen-Luen Li
    • Barbara H. Iglewski

    Original Paper 01 December 2006 Pages: 469 - 479

    

13. The quorum-sensing molecule N-3-oxododecanoyl homoserine lactone (3OC12-HSL) enhances the host defence by activating human polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN)

    • Christof Wagner
    • Sabine Zimmermann
    • Gertrud Maria Hänsch

    Original Paper 12 August 2006 Pages: 481 - 487

    

14. Analysing traces of autoinducer-2 requires standardization of the Vibrio harveyi bioassay

    • Ramiro Vilchez
    • André Lemme
    • Irene Wagner-Döbler

    Original Paper 02 December 2006 Pages: 489 - 496

    

15. Comprehensive profiling of N-acylhomoserine lactones produced by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis using liquid chromatography coupled to hybrid quadrupole–linear ion trap mass spectrometry

    • Catharine A. Ortori
    • Steve Atkinson
    • David A. Barrett

    Original Paper 12 September 2006 Pages: 497 - 511

    

16. Use of quantitative real-time RT-PCR to analyse the expression of some quorum-sensing regulated genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    • Thomas Schwartz
    • Sandra Walter
    • Ursula Obst

    Original Paper 28 November 2006 Pages: 513 - 521

    

17. Metabonomics, metabolomics, and metabolic profiling

    • Cynthia K. Larive

    Editorial 13 December 2006 Pages: 523 - 523

18. Comparing and combining NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry in metabolomics

    • Zhengzheng Pan
    • Daniel Raftery

    Trends 12 August 2006 Pages: 525 - 527

    

19. Improving NMR sensitivity by use of salt-tolerant cryogenically cooled probes

    • Lora C. Robosky
    • Michael D. Reily
    • Daina Avizonis

    Trends 25 November 2006 Pages: 529 - 532

    

20. Beyond blood sugar: the potential of NMR-based metabonomics for type 2 human diabetes, and the horse as a possible model

    • Michael S. Hodavance
    • Sarah L. Ralston
    • István Pelczer

    Review 28 November 2006 Pages: 533 - 537

    

21. Principal component analysis of urine metabolites detected by NMR and DESI–MS in patients with inborn errors of metabolism

    • Zhengzheng Pan
    • Haiwei Gu
    • Daniel Raftery

    Original Paper 05 July 2006 Pages: 539 - 549

    

22. Combined Fourier-transform infrared imaging and desorption electrospray-ionization linear ion-trap mass spectrometry for analysis of counterfeit antimalarial tablets

    • Camilla Ricci
    • Leonard Nyadong
    • Sergei G. Kazarian

    Original Paper 29 November 2006 Pages: 551 - 559

    

23. Cavities generated by self-organised monolayers as sensitive coatings for surface acoustic wave resonators

    • Peter Lieberzeit
    • Wolfgang Greibl
    • Wolf-Eckhart Bulst

    Original Paper 24 November 2006 Pages: 561 - 566

    

24. Biosensor incorporating cell barrier architectures for detecting Staphylococcus aureus alpha toxin

    • Gargi Ghosh
    • Leonidas G. Bachas
    • Kimberly W. Anderson

    Original Paper 21 November 2006 Pages: 567 - 574

    

25. Investigation, by single photon ionisation (SPI)–time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS), of the effect of different cigarette-lighting devices on the chemical composition of the first cigarette puff

    • Thomas Adam
    • Richard R. Baker
    • Ralf Zimmermann

    Original Paper 14 December 2006 Pages: 575 - 584

    

26. Development of a novel luminol chemiluminescent method catalyzed by gold nanoparticles for determination of estrogens

    • Yongxin Li
    • Ping Yang
    • Lun Wang

    Original Paper 22 November 2006 Pages: 585 - 592

    

27. Simultaneous determination of losartan, EXP-3174 and hydrochlorothiazide in plasma via fully automated 96-well-format-based solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography–negative electrospray tandem mass spectrometry

    • Filomila Kolocouri
    • Yannis Dotsikas
    • Yannis L. Loukas

    Original Paper 21 November 2006 Pages: 593 - 601

    

28. Comparison of performance of partial least squares regression, secured principal component regression, and modified secured principal component regression for determination of human serum albumin, γ-globulin and glucose in buffer solutions and in vivo blood glucose quantification by near-infrared spectroscopy

    • Bo-Yan Li
    • Sumaporn Kasemsumran
    • Yukihiro Ozaki

    Original Paper 15 December 2006 Pages: 603 - 611

    

29. Chemiluminescent detection of DNA hybridization using gold nanoparticles as labels

    • Zheng-Ping Li
    • Cheng-Hui Liu
    • Xin-Rui Duan

    Original Paper 21 November 2006 Pages: 613 - 618

    

30. A diagnostic tool for determining the quality of accuracy validation. Assessing the method for determination of nitrate in drinking water

    • L. Escuder-Gilabert
    • E. Bonet-Domingo
    • S. Sagrado

    Original Paper 08 December 2006 Pages: 619 - 625

    

31. Analytical speciation as a tool to assess arsenic behaviour in soils polluted by mining

    • M. J. Ruiz-Chancho
    • J. F. López-Sánchez
    • R. Rubio

    Original Paper 14 December 2006 Pages: 627 - 635

    

32. Characterisation of betalain patterns of differently coloured inflorescences from Gomphrena globosa L. and Bougainvillea sp. by HPLC–DAD–ESI–MS ⁿ

    • Florian Kugler
    • Florian C. Stintzing
    • Reinhold Carle

    Original Paper 01 December 2006 Pages: 637 - 648

    

33. Early oriented isothermal crystallization of polyethylene studied by high-time-resolution SAXS/WAXS

    • N. Stribeck
    • A. Almendarez Camarillo
    • R. K. Bayer

    Original Paper 07 November 2006 Pages: 649 - 661

    

34. Simultaneous determination of β-lactamic antibiotics by a new high-performance low-pressure chromatographic system using a multisyringe burette coupled to a monolithic column (MSC)

    • Hilda M. González-San Miguel
    • Jesús M. Alpízar-Lorenzo
    • Víctor Cerdà

    Original Paper 19 December 2006 Pages: 663 - 671

    

35. Application of matrix solid-phase dispersion and liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry to fungicide residue analysis in fruits and vegetables

    • Suli Wang
    • Yanjun Xu
    • Fengmao Liu

    Original Paper 08 November 2006 Pages: 673 - 685

    

36. Sensitive measurement of ultratrace phenols in natural water by purge-and-trap with in situ acetylation coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

    • Ru-Song Zhao
    • Chuan-Ge Cheng
    • Jin-Ming Lin

    Original Paper 01 December 2006 Pages: 687 - 694

    

37. Determination of doxycycline in pharmaceuticals and human urine by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography

    • Rade Injac
    • Javor Kac
    • Borut Strukelj

    Original Paper 11 November 2006 Pages: 695 - 701

    

38. A novel amperometric immunosensor based on Fe₃O₄ magnetic nanoparticles/chitosan composite film for determination of ferritin

    • Sheng-Fu Wang
    • Yu-Mei Tan

    Original Paper 05 December 2006 Pages: 703 - 708

    

39. Probing traces of hydrogen peroxide by use of a biosensor based on mediator-free DNA and horseradish peroxidase immobilized on silver nanoparticles

    • Fuchuang Wang
    • Ruo Yuan
    • Dianping Tang

    Original Paper 23 November 2006 Pages: 709 - 717

    

40. Analysis of domperidone in pharmaceutical formulations and wastewater by differential pulse voltammetry at a glassy-carbon electrode

    • M. S. El-Shahawi
    • S. O. Bahaffi
    • T. El-Mogy

    Original Paper 09 November 2006 Pages: 719 - 725