Density of founder cells affects spatial pattern formation and cooperation in Bacillus subtilis biofilms

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2069-2079

  Van Gestel, Jordi ^a,b   Weissing, Franz J ^a   Kuipers, Oscar P ^b   Kovács, Ákos T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

colonization; evolution; extracellular polysaccharides; public good; spatial pattern formation

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; COLONIZATION; COLONY FOUNDING; EVOLUTION; GROWTH; MUTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYSACCHARIDE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILMS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84921637463     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.52     Document Type: Article

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