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Spatial Organization Plasticity as an Adaptive Driver of Surface Microbial Communities
Biofilms are dynamic habitats which constantly evolve in response to environmental fluctuations and thereby constitute remarkable survival strategies for microorganisms. The modulation of biofilm functional properties is largely governed by the active remodeling of their three-dimensional structure...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5517491/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28775718 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01364 |
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author | Bridier, Arnaud Piard, Jean-Christophe Pandin, Caroline Labarthe, Simon Dubois-Brissonnet, Florence Briandet, Romain |
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description | Biofilms are dynamic habitats which constantly evolve in response to environmental fluctuations and thereby constitute remarkable survival strategies for microorganisms. The modulation of biofilm functional properties is largely governed by the active remodeling of their three-dimensional structure and involves an arsenal of microbial self-produced components and interconnected mechanisms. The production of matrix components, the spatial reorganization of ecological interactions, the generation of physiological heterogeneity, the regulation of motility, the production of actives enzymes are for instance some of the processes enabling such spatial organization plasticity. In this contribution, we discussed the foundations of architectural plasticity as an adaptive driver of biofilms through the review of the different microbial strategies involved. Moreover, the possibility to harness such characteristics to sculpt biofilm structure as an attractive approach to control their functional properties, whether beneficial or deleterious, is also discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-55174912017-08-03 Spatial Organization Plasticity as an Adaptive Driver of Surface Microbial Communities Bridier, Arnaud Piard, Jean-Christophe Pandin, Caroline Labarthe, Simon Dubois-Brissonnet, Florence Briandet, Romain Front Microbiol Microbiology Biofilms are dynamic habitats which constantly evolve in response to environmental fluctuations and thereby constitute remarkable survival strategies for microorganisms. The modulation of biofilm functional properties is largely governed by the active remodeling of their three-dimensional structure and involves an arsenal of microbial self-produced components and interconnected mechanisms. The production of matrix components, the spatial reorganization of ecological interactions, the generation of physiological heterogeneity, the regulation of motility, the production of actives enzymes are for instance some of the processes enabling such spatial organization plasticity. In this contribution, we discussed the foundations of architectural plasticity as an adaptive driver of biofilms through the review of the different microbial strategies involved. Moreover, the possibility to harness such characteristics to sculpt biofilm structure as an attractive approach to control their functional properties, whether beneficial or deleterious, is also discussed. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5517491/ /pubmed/28775718 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01364 Text en Copyright © 2017 Bridier, Piard, Pandin, Labarthe, Dubois-Brissonnet and Briandet. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Microbiology Bridier, Arnaud Piard, Jean-Christophe Pandin, Caroline Labarthe, Simon Dubois-Brissonnet, Florence Briandet, Romain Spatial Organization Plasticity as an Adaptive Driver of Surface Microbial Communities |
title | Spatial Organization Plasticity as an Adaptive Driver of Surface Microbial Communities |
title_full | Spatial Organization Plasticity as an Adaptive Driver of Surface Microbial Communities |
title_fullStr | Spatial Organization Plasticity as an Adaptive Driver of Surface Microbial Communities |
title_full_unstemmed | Spatial Organization Plasticity as an Adaptive Driver of Surface Microbial Communities |
title_short | Spatial Organization Plasticity as an Adaptive Driver of Surface Microbial Communities |
title_sort | spatial organization plasticity as an adaptive driver of surface microbial communities |
topic | Microbiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5517491/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28775718 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01364 |
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