Metabolic co-dependence gives rise to collective oscillations within biofilms

Nature

Volumn 523, Issue 7562, 2015, Pages 550-554

  Liu, Jintao ^a   Prindle, Arthur ^a   Humphries, Jacqueline ^a   Gabalda Sagarra, Marçal ^b   Asally, Munehiro ^c   Lee, Dong Yeon D ^a   Ly, San ^a   Garcia Ojalvo, Jordi ^b   Süel, Gürol M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

BIOFILM; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; EMERGENCE; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OSCILLATION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH CHAMBER; METABOLIC CO DEPENDENCE; MICROFLUIDICS; NASA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILMS; CHRONOBIOLOGY PHENOMENA; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FOOD; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84938503781     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14660     Document Type: Article

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