Dynamic modelling of cell death during biofilm development

• Main Authors: Fagerlind, Magnus G., Webb, Jeremy S., Barraud, Nicolas, McDougald, Diane, Jansson, Andreas, Nilsson, Patric, Harlén, Mikael, Kjelleberg, Staffan, Rice, Scott Alan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99230; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17166
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Biofilms are currently recognised as the predominant bacterial life-style and it has been suggested that biofilm development is influenced by a number of different processes such as adhesion, detachment, mass transport, quorum sensing, cell death and active dispersal. One of the least understood pro...