Fechar
microenvironments
What is the main limit in access to nutrients?
Why do cells grow faster in laboratory cultures than in nature?
benefits of living on a surface
microcolonies
microbial mats
Biofilms
Biofilms relevance in human health/industry
Biofilm EPS secretion
How are chemical gradients stabilized within biofilms?
How do biofilms tolerate a higher level of antibiotics than identical planktonic cells?
Crystal violet assay for biofilm formation: methods
Biofilm formation: steps
How do extracellular signals cause internal changes that lead to biofilm formation?
c-di-GMP
DGC and PDE
Wsp system of P. aeruginosa
specific genes turned on by c-di-GMP
analog of Wsp system to chemotaxis
Tension dependent surface sensing (in P. aeruginosa) chemotaxis system
**Type IV pili**
tension retraction system analogs
How do cells escape biofilms?
