Gradients and consequences of heterogeneity in biofilms

J Jo, A Price-Whelan, LEP Dietrich - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
Historically, appreciation for the roles of resource gradients in biology has fluctuated
inversely to the popularity of genetic mechanisms. Nevertheless, in microbiology specifically …

Biofilms: an emergent form of bacterial life

HC Flemming, J Wingender, U Szewzyk… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Bacterial biofilms are formed by communities that are embedded in a self-produced matrix of
extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). Importantly, bacteria in biofilms exhibit a set …

[图书][B] How Behavior Spreads: The Science of Complex Contagions

D Centola - 2018 - books.google.com
How Behavior Spreads: Page 1 International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics
Volume 10 • Issue 1 • January-March 2021  Copyright©2021,IGIGlobal.CopyingordistributinginprintorelectronicformswithoutwrittenpermissionofIGIGlobalisprohibited …

Microbial extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) in ocean systems

AW Decho, T Gutierrez - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Microbial cells (ie, bacteria, archaea, microeukaryotes) in oceans secrete a diverse array of
large molecules, collectively called extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) or simply …

The hierarchy quorum sensing network in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

J Lee, L Zhang - Protein & cell, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes severe and persistent infections in immune compromised
individuals and cystic fibrosis sufferers. The infection is hard to eradicate as P. aeruginosa …

Quorum quenching: role in nature and applied developments

C Grandclément, M Tannières, S Moréra… - FEMS microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Quorum sensing (QS) refers to the capacity of bacteria to monitor their population density
and regulate gene expression accordingly: the QS-regulated processes deal with …

Understanding, monitoring, and controlling biofilm growth in drinking water distribution systems

S Liu, C Gunawan, N Barraud, SA Rice… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
In drinking water distribution systems (DWDS), biofilms are the predominant mode of
microbial growth, with the presence of extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) protecting …

Quorum sensing and bacterial social interactions in biofilms

YH Li, X Tian - Sensors, 2012 - mdpi.com
Many bacteria are known to regulate their cooperative activities and physiological processes
through a mechanism called quorum sensing (QS), in which bacterial cells communicate …

Bacterial competition: surviving and thriving in the microbial jungle

ME Hibbing, C Fuqua, MR Parsek… - Nature reviews …, 2010 - nature.com
Most natural environments harbour a stunningly diverse collection of microbial species. In
these communities, bacteria compete with their neighbours for space and resources …

Multi-species biofilms: living with friendly neighbors

S Elias, E Banin - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Our knowledge regarding the nature and development of microbial biofilms has grown
significantly since the first report of these communities by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek in the …