Every metaorganism consisting of a host and its associated microbes needs to maintain its homeostasis. Bacteria are controlling their behavior by their communication system, called quorum sensing (QS). As a host is interested in suppressing processes as virulence, the interference with a QS system (quorum quenching, QQ) could be an instrument to regulate the behavior of its bacteria. In this thesis, it could be proven that bacteria colonizing Hydra vulgaris (AEP) are producing N-acyl-homoserine-lactones, a class of QS signaling molecules. By analyzing the QS system of Curvibacter sp., the main colonizer of Hydra vulgaris (AEP), it could be shown that it can detect 3-hydroxy-HSLs (3OH-HSLs) as well as 3-oxo-HSLs (3O-HSLs) and produces 3OHC1...