BiophysicsbioRxiv
Spatial correlations and distribution of competence gene expression in biofilms of Streptococcus mutans
I. P. Ishkov, J. R. Kaspar, S. J. Hagen
The paper uses two-photon microscopy to study spatial distribution of comX expression in S. mutans biofilms, finding that competence-signaling peptides diffuse efficiently and do not create clustered microenvironments.
DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2020.627992