Spatial Organization of Microbial Biofilm Communities.

Tim Tolker-Nielsen; Søren Molin

Spatial Organization of Microbial Biofilm Communities.

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Abstract

The application of advanced microscopy and molecular and electrochemical high-resolution methods has provided insights into the structural organization and function of biofilm communities. It appears that cellular properties such as growth differentiation, chemotaxis, and cell-to-cell signaling enable biofilm communities to organize structurally in response to the external conditions and the activities of the different biofilm members. Thereby resource utilization becomes optimized, and processes which require syntrophic relationships or special micro-environments become facilitated.

Original language	English
Journal	Microbial Ecology
Volume	40
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	75-84
Number of pages	9
ISSN	0095-3628
Publication status	Published - 2000
Externally published	Yes

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Spatial Organization of Microbial Biofilm Communities.

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