Deciphering links between bacterial interactions and spatial organization in multispecies biofilms.

ABSTRACT: Environmental microbes frequently live in multispecies biofilms where mutualistic relationships and co-evolution may occur, defining spatial organization for member species and overall community functions. In this context, intrinsic properties emerging from microbial interactions, such as efficient organization optimizing growth and activities in multispecies biofilms, may become the object of fitness selection. However, little is known on the nature of underlying interspecies interactions during establishment of a predictable spatial organization within multispecies biofilms. We present a comparative metatranscriptomic analysis of bacterial strains residing in triple-species and four-species biofilms, aiming at deciphering molecular mechanisms underpinning bacterial interactions responsib

SUBMITTER: Liu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6864094 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature