Sandhya Kasivisweswaran

The paper shows that during biofilm dispersal, a subpopulation of cells forms a resilient post-dispersal biofilm community that can re-populate the niche and resist antibiotics and bacteriophages.

This study uses far-red fluorogenic probes to reveal single-cell dispersal patterns in Vibrio cholerae biofilms, showing that dispersal starts at the periphery and 25% of cells never disperse.