Type IV Pilus Shapes a ‘Bubble-Burst’ Pattern Opposing Spatial Intermixing of Two Interacting Bacterial Populations

Type IV Pilus Shapes a ‘Bubble-Burst’ Pattern Opposing Spatial Intermixing of Two Interacting Bacterial Populations

ABSTRACT Microbes are social organisms that commonly live in sessile biofilms. Spatial patterns of populations within biofilms can be important determinants of community-level properties. Spatial intermixing emerging from microbial interaction is one of the best-studied characteristics of spatial pa...

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Main Authors: Miaoxiao Wang, Xiaoli Chen, Yinyin Ma, Yue-Qin Tang, David R. Johnson, Yong Nie, Xiao-Lei Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-02-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
biofilms
metabolic cross-feeding
spatial intermixing
spatial patterns
type IV pilus
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01944-21

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