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. 2008 Nov 25;105(47):18075-6.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.0810201106. Epub 2008 Nov 19.

Building communities one bacterium at a time

Douglas B Weibel  1
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Building communities one bacterium at a time

Douglas B Weibel. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Spatial organization of bacteria and syntrophy of a community. (A) Isolated cultures of A. vinelandii (Av), B. licheniformis (Bl), and P. curdlanolyticus (Pc). The bacteria were grown for 36 h in minimal media supplemented with penicillin G and containing carboxymethyl cellulose as the carbon source. Live cells appear green and dead cells appear red. (B) The strains were grown in the same nutrient conditions in a microfluidic system that controls the distance between the bacteria and permits their chemical communication with each other. The rainbow lines depict fluidic contact between the populations of bacteria and the sharing of metabolites. The connected cultures form a stable syntrophic community.
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