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Mechanical interactions in bacterial colonies and the surfing probability of beneficial mutations
Bacterial conglomerates such as biofilms and microcolonies are ubiquitous in nature and play an important role in industry and medicine. In contrast to well-mixed cultures routinely used in microbial research, bacteria in a microcolony interact mechanically with one another and with the substrate to...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5493792/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28592660 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2017.0073 |