Cargo Transport Shapes the Spatial Organization of a Microbial Community
A. Shrivastava, V. Patel, Y. Tang, S. C. Yost, F. E. Dewhirst, H. C. Berg
The paper shows that gliding bacteria, specifically Capnocytophaga gingivalis, transport non-motile bacteria as cargo, shaping the spatial organization of polymicrobial communities.
bioRxiv · Jun 29, 2018Microbiology