A5002049424- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Micro and Nano Robotics
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
- Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
- Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
- Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
- Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
University of Łódź
2016-2019
Abertay University
2016-2019
Adaptive radiation in bacteria has been investigated using Wrinkly Spreaders (WS), a morphotype which colonises the air-liquid (A-L) interface of static microcosms by biofilm formation with significant fitness advantage over competitors growing lower down O 2 -limited liquid column. Here, we investigate several environmental parameters impact ecological opportunity that exploit this model system. Manipulation surface area/volume ratios suggests size WS niche was not as important ability to...
In radiating populations of Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25, adaptive wrinkly spreader (WS) mutants are able to gain access the air-liquid (A-L) interface static liquid microcosms and achieve a significant competitive fitness advantage over other non-biofilm-forming competitors. Aerotaxis flagella-based swimming allows SBW25 cells move into high-O2 region located at top column maintain their position by countering effects random cell diffusion, convection disturbance (i.e. physical...
The adaptive radiation of Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 populations in static liquid microcosms results the appearance biofilm–forming Wrinkly Spreader. This mutant is able to colonise high O2-rich region at top column established by metabolic activity earlier wild-type colonists, and doing so, enjoys a significant fitness advantage over non-biofilm–forming competitors including ancestral Pf. SBW25. Although underlying molecular biology evolutionary ecology Spreader well understood, we have...