The ecological roles of bacterial chemotaxis

JM Keegstra, F Carrara, R Stocker - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022‏ - nature.com
How bacterial chemotaxis is performed is much better understood than why. Traditionally,
chemotaxis has been understood as a foraging strategy by which bacteria enhance their …

Function and functional redundancy in microbial systems

S Louca, MF Polz, F Mazel, MBN Albright… - Nature ecology & …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Microbial communities often exhibit incredible taxonomic diversity, raising questions
regarding the mechanisms enabling species coexistence and the role of this diversity in …

Microbial surface colonization and biofilm development in marine environments

H Dang, CR Lovell - Microbiology and molecular biology reviews, 2016‏ - journals.asm.org
Biotic and abiotic surfaces in marine waters are rapidly colonized by microorganisms.
Surface colonization and subsequent biofilm formation and development provide numerous …

Mechanisms Underlying Vibrio cholerae Biofilm Formation and Dispersion

JK Teschler, CD Nadell, K Drescher… - Annual Review of …, 2022‏ - annualreviews.org
Biofilms are a widely observed growth mode in which microbial communities are spatially
structured and embedded in a polymeric extracellular matrix. Here, we focus on the model …

Microbial interactions lead to rapid micro-scale successions on model marine particles

MS Datta, E Sliwerska, J Gore, MF Polz… - Nature …, 2016‏ - nature.com
In the ocean, organic particles harbour diverse bacterial communities, which collectively
digest and recycle essential nutrients. Traits like motility and exo-enzyme production allow …

Structure and function of the global ocean microbiome

S Sunagawa, LP Coelho, S Chaffron, JR Kultima… - Science, 2015‏ - science.org
Microbes are dominant drivers of biogeochemical processes, yet drawing a global picture of
functional diversity, microbial community structure, and their ecological determinants …

Environmental fluctuations and their effects on microbial communities, populations and individuals

J Nguyen, J Lara-Gutiérrez… - FEMS microbiology …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
From the homeostasis of human health to the cycling of Earth's elements, microbial activities
underlie environmental, medical and industrial processes. These activities occur in chemical …

Environmental factors that shape biofilm formation

M Toyofuku, T Inaba, T Kiyokawa, N Obana… - Bioscience …, 2016‏ - Taylor & Francis
Cells respond to the environment and alter gene expression. Recent studies have revealed
the social aspects of bacterial life, such as biofilm formation. Biofilm formation is largely …

Microbial invasions: the process, patterns, and mechanisms

CA Mallon, JD Van Elsas, JF Salles - Trends in microbiology, 2015‏ - cell.com
There has recently been a surge of literature examining microbial invasions into a variety of
environments. These studies often include a component of biological diversity as a major …

Microbial interactions and community assembly at microscales

OX Cordero, MS Datta - Current opinion in microbiology, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Microbes form dense aggregates, where interactions may drive community
function.•Biological interactions can lead to spatial segregation or local mixing of …