Quorum sensing is a process of bacterial cell-to-cell chemical communication that relies on
the production, detection and response to extracellular signalling molecules called …

Antibiotics are powerful drugs used in the treatment of bacterial infections. The inappropriate
use of these medicines has driven the dissemination of antibiotic resistance (AR) in most …

Microbial exopolysaccharides (EPS) are extracellular carbohydrate polymers forming
capsules or slimy coating around the cells. EPS can be secreted by various bacterial genera …

Biofilm formation is initiated by adhesion of individual bacteria to a surface. However,
surface adhesion alone is not sufficient to form the complex community architecture of a …

Communities of interacting microorganisms play important roles across all habitats on Earth.
These communities typically consist of a large number of species that perform different …

In bacterial communities, cells often communicate by the release and detection of small
diffusible molecules, a process termed quorum-sensing. Signal molecules are thought to …

Many microbial communities, including those involved in chronic human infections, are
patterned at the micron scale. In this Review, we summarize recent work that has defined the …

The opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the causal agent of a wide
variety of infections. This non-fermentative Gram-negative bacillus can colonize zones …

Laboratory models are a cornerstone of modern microbiology, but the accuracy of these
models has not been systematically evaluated. As a result, researchers often choose models …

Laboratory models are critical to basic and translational microbiology research. Models
serve multiple purposes, from providing tractable systems to study cell biology to allowing …