Biofilm shows spatially stratified metabolic responses to contaminant exposure

• Main Authors: Majors, Paul D., Renslow, Ryan S., Silvia, Crystal P., Fredrickson, Jim K., Cao, Bin, Ahmed, Bulbul, Shi, Liang, Kjelleberg, Staffan, Beyenal, Haluk
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98694; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16238
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Biofilms are core to a range of biological processes, including the bioremediation of environmental contaminants. Within a biofilm population, cells with diverse genotypes and phenotypes coexist, suggesting that distinct metabolic pathways may be expressed based on the local environmental conditions...