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All living organisms are connected to the environment by some kind of chemical recognition and signal generation system. For instance, we make use of our senses: olfaction, sight, touch, taste and hearing to recognize either molecules (olfaction and taste) or physical stimuli (photons, sound waves, pressure, etc.). Likewise, each individual cell in unicellular or multicellular organisms senses stimuli from its surrounding environment (extracellular fluids, other cells and so on) through receptors on the cell surface.
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Stipek, S., Calvo, E. (2004). Biosensors. Natural Systems and Machines. In: Arnau Vives, A. (eds) Piezoelectric Transducers and Applications. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05361-4_10
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