Biofilms: Managing Stress to Navigate Group Dynamics
- PMID: 32259509
- DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.02.045
Biofilms: Managing Stress to Navigate Group Dynamics
Abstract
To thrive in dense communities, organisms have to navigate neighbors and resources. A new study reveals that bacteria integrate cues of communal living through stress pathways. The primary source of the stress - at least for one bacterium - is a direct conflict with neighbors.
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Biofilm Bacteria Use Stress Responses to Detect and Respond to Competitors.Curr Biol. 2020 Apr 6;30(7):1231-1244.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.065. Epub 2020 Feb 20. Curr Biol. 2020. PMID: 32084407 Free PMC article.
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