Signals and genes driving mixed community biofilm formation

• Main Author: Muhammad Zulfadhly Mohammad Muzaki
• Other Authors: Staffan Kjelleberg
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Microbial ecology; Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Bacteria; Science::Biological sciences::Molecular biology; Science::Biological sciences::Genetics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161578
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Most studies on the signals and mechanisms of biofilm formation to date have focused on single-species biofilms. However, biofilms in natural environments such as dental plaques, cystic fibrosis lungs and streams often exist as mixed-species biofilm communities. Due to the adverse impacts of biofilm...