Bacterial biofilms: prokaryotic adventures in multicellularity

TY - JOUR

T1 - Bacterial biofilms: prokaryotic adventures in multicellularity

AU - Webb, Jeremy S

AU - Givskov, Michael

AU - Kjelleberg, Staffan

N1 - Keywords: Bacteria; Biofilms; Evolution

PY - 2003

Y1 - 2003

N2 - The development of bacterial biofilms includes both the initial social behavior of undifferentiated cells, as well as cell death and differentiation in the mature biofilm, and displays several striking similarities with higher organisms. Recent advances in the field provide new insight into differentiation and cell death events in bacterial biofilm development and propose that biofilms have an unexpected level of multicellularity.

AB - The development of bacterial biofilms includes both the initial social behavior of undifferentiated cells, as well as cell death and differentiation in the mature biofilm, and displays several striking similarities with higher organisms. Recent advances in the field provide new insight into differentiation and cell death events in bacterial biofilm development and propose that biofilms have an unexpected level of multicellularity.

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 14662353

SN - 1369-5274

VL - 6

SP - 578

EP - 585

JO - Current Opinion in Microbiology

JF - Current Opinion in Microbiology

IS - 6

ER -