Interactions in multispecies biofilms: do they actually matter?

Mette Burmølle; Dawei Ren; Thomas Bjarnsholt; Søren Johannes Sørensen

doi:10.1016/j.tim.2013.12.004

Interactions in multispecies biofilms: do they actually matter?

Mette Burmølle, Dawei Ren, Thomas Bjarnsholt, Søren Johannes Sørensen

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Abstract

The recent focus on complex bacterial communities has led to the recognition of interactions across species boundaries. This is particularly pronounced in multispecies biofilms, where synergistic interactions impact the bacterial distribution and overall biomass produced. Importantly, in a number of settings, the interactions in a multispecies biofilm affect its overall function, physiology, or surroundings, by resulting in enhanced resistance, virulence, or degradation of pollutants, which is of significant importance to human health and activities. The underlying mechanisms causing these synergistic effects are to some extent characterized at the molecular and evolutionary levels, and further exploration is now possible due to the enhanced resolution and higher throughput of available techniques.

Original language	English
Journal	Trends in Microbiology
Volume	22
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	84-91
Number of pages	8
ISSN	0966-842X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2013.12.004
Publication status	Published - Feb 2014

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