As our understanding of the human microbiome progresses, so does the need for natural
experimental animal models that promote a mechanistic understanding of beneficial …

Bacterial cellulose (BC) serves as a molecular glue to facilitate intra-and inter-domain
interactions in nature. Biosynthesis of BC-containing biofilms occurs in a variety of …

Although competition–dispersal tradeoffs are commonly invoked to explain species
coexistence for animals and plants in spatially structured environments, such mechanisms …

Animal epithelial tissue becomes reproducibly colonized by specific environmental bacteria.
The bacteria (microbiota) perform critical functions for the host's tissue development …

We serendipitously discovered that the marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri induces sexual
reproduction in one of the closest living relatives of animals, the choanoflagellate …

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a seafood-borne pathogen that poses a great threat to public
health worldwide. It is found in either a planktonic cell or a biofilm form in the natural …

Animals have evolved within the framework of the microbes and are constantly exposed to
diverse microbiota. This dominance of the microbial world is forcing all fields of biology to …

Vibrio fischeri uses biofilm formation to promote symbiotic colonization of its squid host,
Euprymna scolopes. Control over biofilm formation is exerted at the level of transcription of …

Vibrio fischeri is used as a model for a number of processes, including symbiosis, quorum
sensing, bioluminescence, and biofilm formation. Many of these studies depend on …

Multicellular communities of adherent bacteria known as biofilms are often detrimental in the
context of a human host, making it important to study their formation and dispersal …