A5036752367- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
University of Basel
2022-2023
Biofilm formation is generally recognized as a bacterial defense mechanism against environmental threats, including antibiotics, bacteriophages, and leukocytes of the human immune system. Here, we show that for pathogen Vibrio cholerae, biofilm not only protective trait but also an aggressive to collectively predate different cells. We find V. cholerae forms biofilms on eukaryotic cell surface using extracellular matrix comprising primarily mannose-sensitive hemagglutinin pili,...
Bacterial biofilms are among the most abundant multicellular structures on Earth and play essential roles in a wide range of ecological, medical, industrial processes. However, general principles that govern emergence biofilm architecture across different species remain unknown. Here, we combine experiments, simulations, statistical analysis to identify shared biophysical mechanisms determine early development at single-cell level, for Vibrio cholerae, Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica,...