Article
Divergent molecular strategies drive evolutionary adaptation to competitive fitness in biofilm formation.
The ISME journal - 8 Jan 2024
Tang Mingxing, Yang Ruixue, Zhuang Zilin, Han Shuhong, Sun Yunke, Li Peiyu, Fan Kewei, Cai Zhao, Yang Qiong, Yu Zhijian, Yang Liang, Li Shuo
Abstract excerpt
Biofilm is a group of heterogeneously structured and densely packed bacteria with limited access to nutrients and oxygen. These intrinsic features can allow a mono-species biofilm to diversify into polymorphic subpopulations, determining the overall community's adaptive capability to changing ecological niches. However, the specific biological functions underlying biofilm diversification and fitness adaptation...
Topics
- Biofilms
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Genetic Fitness
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Virulence
- Mutation
- Bacteriophages
- Cyclic GMP
- Superinfection
- Biological Evolution