But 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're going to be successful at overcoming an enormous host.
Lo que hacen, ahora sabemos, es entrar en usted, esperar, comenzar a crecer, contarse a sí mismas con estas pequeñas moléculas, y reconocer cuando han llegado al número correcto de células, de forma que si todas las bacterias lanzan juntas su ataque virulento, tengan éxito en vencer a un anfitrión enorme.