Bursting out: linking changes in nanotopography and biomechanical properties of biofilm-forming Escherichia coli to the T4 lytic cycle

S Abraham, Y Kaufman, F Perreault, R Young… - npj Biofilms and …, 2021 - nature.com
The bacteriophage infection cycle has been extensively studied, yet little is known about the
nanostructure and mechanical changes that lead to bacterial lysis. Here, atomic force …

Antibiotic susceptibility of Escherichia coli cells during early-stage biofilm formation

H Gu, SW Lee, J Carnicelli, Z Jiang… - Journal of bacteriology, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacteria form complex multicellular structures on solid surfaces known as biofilms, which
allow them to survive in harsh environments. A hallmark characteristic of mature biofilms is …

Role of Motility and its Regulation in Escherichia coli Biofilm formation

VM Suchanek - 2017 - archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
Biofilms are multicellular communities of bacterial cells that usually grow on surfaces.
Bacteria in biofilms are non-motile and are surrounded by a complex meshwork containing …

Patterned biofilm formation reveals a mechanism for structural heterogeneity in bacterial biofilms

H Gu, S Hou, C Yongyat, S De Tore, D Ren - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
Bacterial biofilms are ubiquitous and are the major cause of chronic infections in humans
and persistent biofouling in industry. Despite the significance of bacterial biofilms, the …

Shared biophysical mechanisms determine early biofilm architecture development across different bacterial species

H Jeckel, F Díaz-Pascual, DJ Skinner, B Song… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Bacterial biofilms are among the most abundant multicellular structures on Earth and play
essential roles in a wide range of ecological, medical, and industrial processes. However …

Multispecies biofilm architecture determines bacterial exposure to phages

JB Winans, BR Wucher, CD Nadell - PLoS biology, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Numerous ecological interactions among microbes—for example, competition for space and
resources, or interaction among phages and their bacterial hosts—are likely to occur …

Bacterial architects build the biofilm structures

A Du Toit - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
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Spatial propagation of temperate phages within and among biofilms

JB Winans, SL Garcia, L Zeng, CD Nadell - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Bacteria commonly form groups comprised of thousands or millions of cells and secreted
adhesive matrix that controls their spatial organization. These groups-termed biofilms-can …

[HTML][HTML] Multispecies phase diagram of biofilm architectures reveals biophysical principles of biofilm development

H Jeckel, F Díaz-Pascual, DJ Skinner, B Song… - 2021 - europepmc.org
Bacterial biofilms are among the most abundant multicellular structures on Earth and play
essential roles in a wide range of ecological, medical, and industrial processes. However …

Substrate stiffness impacts early biofilm formation by modulating Pseudomonas aeruginosa twitching motility

S Gomez, L Bureau, K John, EN Chêne, D Débarre… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Surface-associated lifestyles dominate in the bacterial world. Large multicellular assemblies,
called biofilms, are essential to the survival of bacteria in harsh environments and are …