Biofilms: Microbial Cities Wherein Flow Shapes Competition
The phenotypic diversity in biofilms allows bacteria to adapt to changing environmental conditions. Stochastic gene expression and structural differentiation are believed to confer phenotypic diversity. However, two recent publications demonstrate how hydrodynamic flow and substrate topography can a...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-841252020-09-21T11:36:17Z Biofilms: Microbial Cities Wherein Flow Shapes Competition Chew, Su Chuen Yang, Liang School of Biological Sciences Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering Biofilms Phenotypic diversity The phenotypic diversity in biofilms allows bacteria to adapt to changing environmental conditions. Stochastic gene expression and structural differentiation are believed to confer phenotypic diversity. However, two recent publications demonstrate how hydrodynamic flow and substrate topography can also alter the competitive outcomes of different bacterial phenotypes, increasing biofilm phenotypic variation. MOE (Min. of Education, S’pore) Accepted version 2017-08-07T04:41:29Z 2019-12-06T15:38:51Z 2017-08-07T04:41:29Z 2019-12-06T15:38:51Z 2017 Journal Article Chew, S. C., & Yang, L. (2017). Biofilms: Microbial Cities Wherein Flow Shapes Competition. Trends in Microbiology, 25(5), 331-332. 0966-842X https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84125 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43561 10.1016/j.tim.2017.02.007 en Trends in Microbiology © 2017 Elsevier. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Trends in Microbiology, Elsevier. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2017.02.007]. 4 p. application/pdf |
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The phenotypic diversity in biofilms allows bacteria to adapt to changing environmental conditions. Stochastic gene expression and structural differentiation are believed to confer phenotypic diversity. However, two recent publications demonstrate how hydrodynamic flow and substrate topography can also alter the competitive outcomes of different bacterial phenotypes, increasing biofilm phenotypic variation. |
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