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.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Current Opinion in Microbiology |
Vol/bind | 42 |
Sider (fra-til) | 104-109 |
Antal sider | 6 |
ISSN | 1369-5274 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2018 |
ID: 195904583