Bacteria often live within matrix-embedded communities, termed biofilms, which are now
understood to be a major mode of microbial life. The study of biofilms has revealed their vast …

Pore network models have been applied widely for simulating a variety of different physical
and chemical processes, including phase exchange, non-Newtonian displacement, non …

Microbial life abounds on surfaces in both natural and industrial environments, one of which
is the food industry. A solid substrate, water and some nutrients are sufficient to allow the …

The interspecies exchange of metabolites plays a key role in the spatiotemporal dynamics of
microbial communities. This raises the question of whether ecosystem-level behavior of …

In traditional models of in vitro biofilm development, individual bacterial cells seed a surface,
multiply, and mature into multicellular, three-dimensional structures. Much research has …

Individual-based models are an exciting and widely used new tool for ecology. These
computational models allow scientists to explore the mechanisms through which population …

Much of what makes life in a microbial biofilm different from life in a free aqueous
suspension can be explained by invoking the phenomenon of diffusion. This article …

In the last two decades self-healing of concrete through microbial based carbonate
precipitation has emerged as a promising technology for making concrete structures more …

Biofilms are densely packed communities of microbial cells that grow on surfaces and
surround themselves with secreted polymers. Many bacterial species form biofilms, and their …

This review deals with the prospective, experimental documentation of horizontal gene
transfer (HGT) and its role in real-time, local adaptation. We have focused on plasmids and …