Not so simple, not so subtle: The interspecies competition between Bacillus simplex and Bacillus subtilis and its impact on the evolution of biofilms

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Rosenberg, Gili ^a   Steinberg, Nitai ^a   Oppenheimer Shaanan, Yaara ^a   Olender, Tsvia ^a   Doron, Shany ^a   Ben Ari, Julius ^b   Sirota Madi, Alexandra ^c   Bloom Ackermann, Zohar ^a   Kolodkin Gal, Ilana ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 84988374037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20555008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npjbiofilms.2015.27     Document Type: Article

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