Optogenetic patterning generates multi-strain biofilms with spatially distributed antibiotic resistance

Abstract Spatial organization of microbes in biofilms enables crucial community function such as division of labor. However, quantitative understanding of such emergent community properties remains limited due to a scarcity of tools for patterning heterogeneous biofilms. Here we develop a synthetic...

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Main Authors: Xiaofan Jin, Ingmar H. Riedel-Kruse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53546-1