Direct Visualization of Chemical Cues and Cellular Phenotypes throughout Bacillus subtilis Biofilms

ABSTRACT Bacillus subtilis is a soil bacterium that can form biofilms, which are communities of cells encased by an extracellular matrix. In these complex communities, cells perform numerous metabolic processes and undergo differentiation into functionally distinct phenotypes as a survival strategy....

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Main Authors: Sarah M. Yannarell, Dusan Veličković, Christopher R. Anderton, Elizabeth A. Shank
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021-12-01
Series:mSystems
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.01038-21