Bacterial biofilms are often defined as communities of surface-attached bacteria and are
typically depicted with a classic mushroom-shaped structure characteristic of Pseudomonas …

Historically, appreciation for the roles of resource gradients in biology has fluctuated
inversely to the popularity of genetic mechanisms. Nevertheless, in microbiology specifically …

The ability of ecosystems to withstand disturbances and maintain their functions is being
increasingly tested as rates of change intensify due to climate change and other human …

Biological tissues, sediments, or engineered systems are spatially structured media with a
tortuous and porous structure that host the flow of fluids. Such complex environments can …

Bacteria often live in diverse communities where the spatial arrangement of strains and
species is considered critical for their ecology. However, a test of this hypothesis requires …

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 …

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 …

Investigating environmental processes, especially those occurring in soils, calls for
innovative and multidisciplinary technologies that can provide insights at the microscale …

The cellular morphology and sub-cellular spatial structure critically influence the function of
microbial cells. Similarly, the spatial arrangement of genotypes and phenotypes in microbial …

Cells in assemblages differentiate and perform distinct roles. Though many pathways of
differentiation are understood at the molecular level in multicellular eukaryotes, the …