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. 2016 Apr;24(4):246-248.
doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2016.02.013. Epub 2016 Mar 5.

Oral Biofilm Architecture at the Microbial Scale

Maria D Ferrer  1 , Alex Mira  2
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Oral Biofilm Architecture at the Microbial Scale

Maria D Ferrer et al. Trends Microbiol. 2016 Apr.

Abstract

The application of Spectral Imaging FISH to oral biofilm samples has permitted the direct, simultaneous observation of up to nine different bacterial taxa. This has revealed a complex yet organized microbial architecture, identifying the key microorganisms in the community and detecting the existing interspecies physical interactions at the micron scale.

Keywords: CLASI-FISH; biofilm; human microbiome; microbial interactions.

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