Biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis: new insights into regulatory strategies and assembly mechanisms

Biofilm formation is a social behaviour that generates favourable conditions for sustained survival in the natural environment. For the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis the process involves the differentiation of cell fate within an isogenic population and the production of communal goods t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cairns, Lynne S, Hobley, Laura, Stanley-Wall, Nicola R
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4238804/