Evolution of exploitative interactions during diversification in Bacillus subtilis biofilms
A. Dragos, N. Lakshmanan, M. Martin, B. Horvath, G. Maroti, C. Falcon Garcia, O. Lieleg, A. T. Kovacs
This study shows how Bacillus subtilis biofilms evolve into distinct colony variants with different biofilm-forming abilities and interactions, driven by genetic changes and complementarity effects.
bioRxiv · Nov 6, 2017Microbiology