Biofilm formation is a process in which microbial cells aggregate to form collectives that are
embedded in a self-produced extracellular matrix. Bacillus subtilis is a Gram-positive …

The diverse surface interactions and functions of a bacterium play an important role in cell
signaling, host infection, and colony formation. To understand and synthetically control the …

Microbial communities often display region-specific properties, which give rise to complex
interactions and emergent behaviors that are critical to the homeostasis and stress response …

Contrary to multicellular organisms that display segmentation during development,
communities of unicellular organisms are believed to be devoid of such sophisticated …

The transcriptional regulatory network (TRN) of Bacillus subtilis coordinates cellular
functions of fundamental interest, including metabolism, biofilm formation, and sporulation …

Bacterial swarming and biofilm formation are collective multicellular phenomena through
which diverse microbial species colonize and spread over water-permeable tissue. During …

The self-produced biofilm provides beneficial protection for the enclosed cells, but the costly
production of matrix components makes producer cells susceptible to cheating by …

ABSTRACT A number of bacteria are known to differentiate into cells with distinct phenotypic
traits during processes such as biofilm formation or the development of reproductive …

Correspondence between evolution and development has been discussed for more than
two centuries. Recent work reveals that phylogeny− ontogeny correlations are indeed …

Biofilms are multicellular communities with a spatial structure. Different from single-cell scale
diffusion in planktonic systems, the diffusion distance becomes the dimension of …