Resource limitation drives spatial organization in microbial groups

Dense microbial groups such as bacterial biofilms commonly contain a diversity of cell types that define their functioning. However, we have a limited understanding of what maintains, or purges, this diversity. Theory suggests that resource levels are key to understanding diversity and the spatial a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mitri, Sara, Clarke, Ellen, Foster, Kevin R
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5029182/