Bacillus subtilis biofilm development in the presence of soil clay minerals and iron oxides

• Main Authors: Ma, Wenting, Peng, Donghai, Walker, Sharon L., Cao, Bin, Gao, Chun-Hui, Huang, Qiaoyun, Cai, Peng
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Bacillus Subtilis; Biofilm Formation; DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90187; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47195
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Clay minerals and metal oxides, as important parts of the soil matrix, play crucial roles in the development of microbial communities. However, the mechanism underlying such a process, particularly on the formation of soil biofilm, remains poorly understood. Here, we investigated the effects of mont...