Microbial communities growing in laboratory-based flow chambers were investigated in
order to study compartmentalization of specific gene expression. Among the community …

We analyzed metabolic interactions and the importance of specific structural relationships in
a benzyl alcohol-degrading microbial consortium comprising two species, Pseudomonas …

In microbial communities such as those found in biofilms, individual organisms most often
display heterogeneous behavior with respect to their metabolic activity, growth status, gene …

Bacterial cooperative associations and dynamics in biofilm microenvironments are of special
interest in recent years. Knowledge of localized gene‐expression and corresponding …

Bacteria are almost always found in ecological niches as matrix-encased, surface-
associated, multi-species communities known as biofilms. It is well established that soluble …

Background Transcriptome analysis was applied to characterize the physiological activities
of Pseudomonas aeruginosa grown for three days in drip-flow biofilm reactors. Conventional …

Bacterial biofilms, often composed of multiple species and genetically distinct strains,
develop under complex influences of cell-cell interactions. Although detailed knowledge …

Several important advances have been made in the study of biofilm microbial populations
relating to their spatial structure (or architecture), their community structure, and their …

DNA microarray technology has been successfully used to identify genes that contribute to
biofilm formation for a handful of bacterial species. However, as the number of profiling …

The processes associated with early events in biofilm formation have become a major
research focus over the past several years. Events associated with dispersion of cells from …