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Morphological optimization for access to dual oxidants in biofilms.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 7 Jan 2014
Kempes Christopher P, Okegbe Chinweike, Mears-Clarke Zwoisaint, Follows Michael J, Dietrich Lars E P
Abstract excerpt
A major theme driving research in biology is the relationship between form and function. In particular, a longstanding goal has been to understand how the evolution of multicellularity conferred fitness advantages. Here we show that biofilms of the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa produce structu...
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