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Title

Biofilms: Oscillations relieve the siege.

Authors

Attar, Naomi

Abstract

The article discusses the research on the growth oscillations produced by Bacillus subtilis biofilm community that resolves siege-like metabolic conflict between cells on periphery and cells in the interior. It states that the periodic pauses in the expansion of biofilms were caused by excessive growth of peripheral cells. It mentions that ammonium was the limiting factor that regulate glutamine synthesis in peripheral cells of biofilm.

Subjects

OSCILLATIONS; BACILLUS subtilis; BIOFILMS; PERIPHERAL neuropathy; METABOLIC regulation

Publication

Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2015, Vol 13, Issue 9, p526

ISSN

1740-1526

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1038/nrmicro3535