Journal
TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 22, Issue 2, Pages 84-91Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2013.12.004
Keywords
multispecies; biofilms; interactions; communities; synergy; evolution
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- Lundbeck Foundation
- Region Hovedstadens Forskningsfond
- Gerda og Aage Haenche Foundation
- Danish Innovation Consortium [11804520]
- Danish Council for Independent Research, Technology and Production [DFF-1335-00071]
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The recent focus on complex bacterial communities has led to the recognition of interactions across species boundaries. This is particularly pronounced in multispecies biofilms, where synergistic interactions impact the bacterial distribution and overall biomass produced. Importantly, in a number of settings, the interactions in a multispecies biofilm affect its overall function, physiology, or surroundings,, by resulting in enhanced resistance, virulence, or degradation of pollutants, which is of significant importance to human health and activities. The underlying mechanisms causing these synergistic effects are to some extent characterized at the molecular and evolutionary levels, and further exploration is now possible due to the enhanced resolution and higher throughput of available techniques.
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