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Title: Biofilms: Electrifying long-range signalling.
Authors: Nunes-Alves, Cláudio
Abstract: The article reports that researcher A. Prindle and colleagues have shown that potassium ion channels are used to propagate electrical signals throughout Bacillus subtilis biofilms in a long-range process, which coordinates the metabolic responses of the community. Changes in membrane potential are linked to the influx of sodium ions or to the efflux of potassium ions.
Subjects: BACILLUS subtilis; POTASSIUM ions; MICROBIAL ecology; MULTIDRUG tolerance (Microbiology); BIOFILMS
Publication: Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2015, Vol 13, Issue 12, p737
ISSN: 1740-1526
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3588

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Biofilms: Electrifying long-range signalling.