Tracing the domestication of a biofilm-forming bacterium.

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Over the course of more than a century of laboratory experimentation, Bacillus subtilis has become "domesticated," losing its ability to carry out many behaviors characteristic of its wild ancestors. One such characteristic is the ability to form architecturally complex communities, referred to as biofilms. Previous work has shown that the laboratory strain 168 forms markedly attenuated biofilms compared with the...

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