Bacterial social interactions and the emergence of community-intrinsic properties
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Bacterial communities are dominated and shaped by social interactions, which facilitate the emergence of properties observed only in the community setting. Such community-intrinsic properties impact not only the phenotypes of cells in a community, but also community composition and function, and are thus likely to affect a potential host. Studying community-intrinsic properties is, therefore, important for furthering our understanding of clinical, applied and environmental microbiology. Here, we provide recent examples of research investigating community-intrinsic properties, focusing mainly on community composition and interactions in multispecies biofilms. We hereby wish to emphasize the importance of studying social interactions in settings where community-intrinsic properties are likely to emerge.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Current Opinion in Microbiology |
Volume | 42 |
Pages (from-to) | 104-109 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISSN | 1369-5274 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
ID: 195904583