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Interactions in multispecies biofilms: do they actually matter?
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The recent focus on complex bacterial communities has led to the recognition of interactions across species boundaries, particularly pronounced in multispecies biofilms, where synergistic interactions impact the bacterial distribution and overall biomass produced.About:
This article is published in Trends in Microbiology.The article was published on 2014-02-01. It has received 400 citations till now.read more
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Mitigation of biofouling in agricultural water distribution systems with nanobubbles.
Yang Xiao,Sunny C. Jiang,Xiaoyao Wang,Tahir Muhammad,Peng Song,Bo Zhou,Yunpeng Zhou,Yunkai Li +7 more
TL;DR: NBs treatment could be an effective, and eco-friendly solution for biofouling control in agricultural water distribution systems, and were detrimental to the mutualistic interactions among microbial species - destabilizing the network complexity and size.
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Lysinibacillus fusiformis M5 Induces Increased Complexity in Bacillus subtilis 168 Colony Biofilms via Hypoxanthine.
Ramses Gallegos Monterrosa,Stefanie Kankel,Sebastian Götze,Robert Barnett,Pierre Stallforth,Ákos T. Kovács +5 more
TL;DR: A screening method suitable for the identification of multispecies interactions and showcase L. fusiformis as a soil bacterium that is able to live alongside B. subtilis and modify the architecture of its biofilms is presented.
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Effects of commercial microbial biostimulants on soil and root microbial communities and sugarcane yield
Shelby Berg,Paul G. Dennis,Chanyarat Paungfoo-Lonhienne,J. M. Anderson,Nicole Robinson,Richard Brackin,Adam Royle,Lawrence DiBella,Susanne Schmidt +8 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that putative biostimulants can be evaluated by analysing the composition of microbial communities, and DNA profiling should be complemented by cost-benefit analysis to build a public information base documenting the effects of microbial biostIMulants.
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We Are One: Multispecies Metabolism of a Biofilm Consortium and Their Treatment Strategies.
TL;DR: The role of cellular metabolites in the cell-to-cell communication in multispecies biofilms has been explored in this article, which can lead to identification of potential therapies targeting specific metabolites and hence the coordinated protection in the bacterial community.
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Viewing Biofilms within the Larger Context of Bacterial Aggregations
Olena Moshynets,Andrew J. Spiers +1 more
TL;DR: Fundamental physical, biological, and evolutionary ecological processes that effect community development and function can no longer be considered unique to biofilms, but may also be important in other aggregations that develop over time and change in nature depending on prevailing conditions.
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