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The spatial architecture of Bacillus subtilis biofilms deciphered using a surface-associated model and in situ imaging.
PloS one - 18 Jan 2011
Bridier Arnaud, Le Coq Dominique, Dubois-Brissonnet Florence, Thomas Vincent, Aymerich Stéphane, Briandet Romain
Abstract excerpt
The formation of multicellular communities known as biofilms is the part of bacterial life cycle in which bacteria display cooperative behaviour and differentiated phenotypes leading to specific functions. Bacillus subtilis is a Gram-positive bacterium that has served for a decade as a model to study the molecular pathways that control biofilm formation. Most of the data on B. subtilis biofilms have come from...
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