ArticleeLife2021
Three-dimensional biofilm colony growth supports a mutualism involving matrix and nutrient sharing.
Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Biofilm Formation on Endotracheal and Tracheostomy Tubing: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Culture Data and Sampling Method.MicrobiologyOpen · 2025Pooled it
- Emerging Multimodal Strategies for Bacterial Biofilm Eradication: A Comprehensive Review.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Comparative study of common over-the-counter wound care products against early and mature biofilms of antibiotic-resistant wound pathogens.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2025Article
- Mechanics limits ecological diversity and promotes heterogeneity in confined bacterial communities.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Filamentous prophage Pf4 promotes genetic exchange in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.The ISME journal · 2024Article
- Strategy to combat biofilms: a focus on biofilm dispersal enzymes.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2023Review
- Construction and characterization of a genome-scale ordered mutant collection of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron.BMC biology · 2022Article
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- Microbial Biofilms: Structural Plasticity and Emerging Properties.Microorganisms · 2022Article
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- Cryptic surface-associated multicellularity emerges through cell adhesion and its regulation.PLoS biology · 2021Article
- Three-dimensional biofilm colony growth supports a mutualism involving matrix and nutrient sharing.eLife · 2021Article
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Life in a three-dimensional biofilm is typical for many bacteria, yet little is known about how strains interact in this context. Here, we created essential gene CRISPR interference knockdown libraries in biofilm-forming
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