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Biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis: new insights into regulatory strategies and assembly mechanisms

Biofilm formation is a social behaviour that generates favourable conditions for sustained survival in the natural environment. For the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis the process involves the differentiation of cell fate within an isogenic population and the production of communal goods t...

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Autores principales: Cairns, Lynne S, Hobley, Laura, Stanley-Wall, Nicola R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4238804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24988880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mmi.12697
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description Biofilm formation is a social behaviour that generates favourable conditions for sustained survival in the natural environment. For the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis the process involves the differentiation of cell fate within an isogenic population and the production of communal goods that form the biofilm matrix. Here we review recent progress in understanding the regulatory pathways that control biofilm formation and highlight developments in understanding the composition, function and structure of the biofilm matrix.
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spelling pubmed-42388042014-11-28 Biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis: new insights into regulatory strategies and assembly mechanisms Cairns, Lynne S Hobley, Laura Stanley-Wall, Nicola R Mol Microbiol Microreviews Biofilm formation is a social behaviour that generates favourable conditions for sustained survival in the natural environment. For the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis the process involves the differentiation of cell fate within an isogenic population and the production of communal goods that form the biofilm matrix. Here we review recent progress in understanding the regulatory pathways that control biofilm formation and highlight developments in understanding the composition, function and structure of the biofilm matrix. BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014-08 2014-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4238804/ /pubmed/24988880 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mmi.12697 Text en © 2014 The Authors. Molecular Microbiology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis: new insights into regulatory strategies and assembly mechanisms
title_full Biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis: new insights into regulatory strategies and assembly mechanisms
title_fullStr Biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis: new insights into regulatory strategies and assembly mechanisms
title_full_unstemmed Biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis: new insights into regulatory strategies and assembly mechanisms
title_short Biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis: new insights into regulatory strategies and assembly mechanisms
title_sort biofilm formation by bacillus subtilis: new insights into regulatory strategies and assembly mechanisms
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4238804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24988880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mmi.12697
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