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===Biological Mechanism===
===Biological Mechanism===
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In a biological neural network, cells occupy a specific location and the information is passed through direct physical contact - the neuron axonal projections. In our case, a population of bacteria represents a single neuron and the information is transmitted by a quorum sensing molecule (QSM). With different QSM, it is possible to transmit different kinds of messages. A comparison between a biological neural network and our design is presented in Fig 1.  
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In a biological neural network, cells occupy a specific location and the information is passed through direct physical contact - the neuron axonal projections. In our case, a population of bacteria represents a single neuron and the information is transmitted by a quorum sensing molecule (QSM). Because of that, each "neuron" has its own QSM and the number of neurons is limitated by the number of different QSM. A comparison between a biological neural network and our design is presented in Fig 1.  
{{:Team:USP-UNESP-Brazil/Templates/RImage | image=Figura0020.jpg | caption=Fig 1. Comparison between a biological neural network and "bacterial neural network" | size=600px}}
{{:Team:USP-UNESP-Brazil/Templates/RImage | image=Figura0020.jpg | caption=Fig 1. Comparison between a biological neural network and "bacterial neural network" | size=600px}}

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