What they do, we now understand, is they get in you, they wait, they start growing, they count themselves with these little molecules, and they recognize when they have the right cell number that if all of the bacteria launch their virulence attack together, they are going to be successful at overcoming an enormous host.
我们发现， 它们是先进入你的体内，然后等待，开始不断复制增长， 它们由统计小分子的数目来估计自身的实力， 当确定有足够的细胞数后， 所有细菌一起发动致病攻击， 这样它们就能成功攻陷巨大的宿主。