Micro-biogeography greatly matters for competition: Continuous chaotic bioprinting of spatially-controlled bacterial microcosms
Carlos Fernando Ceballos-Gonzalez, Edna Johana Bolivar-Monsalve, Diego Alonso Quevedo-Moreno, Li Lu Lam-Aguilar, Karen Ixchel Borrayo-Montano, Juan Felipe Yee-de Leon, Yu Shrike Zhang, Mario Moises Alvarez, Grissel Trujillo-de Santiago
This paper demonstrates that spatial distribution of bacterial strains significantly affects their social behavior, using a novel bioprinting technique to create structured bacterial microcosms.
bioRxiv · Jul 12, 2020 · PreprintBioengineering