ArticleeLife2021
Matrix-trapped viruses can prevent invasion of bacterial biofilms by colonizing cells.
Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.
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- Dispersal of a dominant competitor can drive multispecies coexistence in biofilms.Current biology : CB · 2024Article
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- Cellular arrangement impacts metabolic activity and antibiotic tolerance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.PLoS biology · 2024Article
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- Genomic and transcriptomic insights into complex virus-prokaryote interactions in marine biofilms.The ISME journal · 2023Article
- Bacterial defences: mechanisms, evolution and antimicrobial resistance.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2023Review
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Bacteriophages can be trapped in the matrix of bacterial biofilms, such that the cells inside them are protected. It is not known whether these phages are still infectious and whether they pose a threat to newly arriving bacteria. Here, we address these questions using
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