Swarming bacteria exhibit developmental phase transitions to establish scattered colonies in new regions
Amanda M. Zdimal, Giacomo Di Dio, Wanxiang Liu, Tanya Aftab, Taryn Collins, Rémy Colin, Abhishek Shrivastava
The paper studies T9SS-driven bacterial swarms, showing they transition through phase changes to form scattered microcolonies, reducing competition in the oral microbiota.
The ISME Journal · Dec 31, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology