ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2020
Interaction-dependent effects of surface structure on microbial spatial self-organization.
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- Causes and consequences of pattern diversification in a spatially self-organizing microbial community.The ISME journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
Surface-attached microbial communities consist of different cell types that, at least to some degree, organize themselves non-randomly across space (referred to as spatial self-organization). While spatial self-organization can have important effects on the functioning, ecology and evolution of communities, the underlying determinants of spatial self-organization remain unclear. Here, we hypothesize that the presence of physical objects across a surface can have important effects on spatial self-organization. Using pairs of isogenic strains of
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