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Spatial structure, cooperation and competition in biofilms.

Nature reviews. Microbiology - 1 Sept 2016

Nadell Carey D, Drescher Knut, Foster Kevin R

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Bacteria often live within matrix-embedded communities, termed biofilms, which are now understood to be a major mode of microbial life. The study of biofilms has revealed their vast complexity both in terms of resident species composition and phenotypic diversity. Despite this complexity, theoretical and experimental work in the past decade has identified common principles for understanding microbial biofilms. In...

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PMID: 27452230
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2016.84

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