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Microanatomy at cellular resolution and spatial order of physiological differentiation in a bacterial biofilm.
mBio - 19 Mar 2013
Serra Diego O, Richter Anja M, Klauck Gisela, Mika Franziska, Hengge Regine
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UNLABELLED: Bacterial biofilms are highly structured multicellular communities whose formation involves flagella and an extracellular matrix of adhesins, amyloid fibers, and exopolysaccharides. Flagella are produced by still-dividing rod-shaped Escherichia coli cells during postexponential growth when nutrients become suboptimal. Upon entry into stationary phase, however, cells stop producing flagella, become...
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