To biofilm or not to biofilm

Shravan Pradeep; Paulo E Arratia

doi:10.7554/eLife.80891

To biofilm or not to biofilm

Elife. 2022 Jul 21:11:e80891. doi: 10.7554/eLife.80891.

Authors

Shravan Pradeep¹, Paulo E Arratia²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.

Abstract

A new model helps to predict under which conditions a species of bacteria will switch to a static lifestyle.

Keywords: bacteria; biofilm; chemotaxis; computational biology; dispersal; motility; none; physics of living systems; quorum sensing; systems biology.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Bacteria
Biofilms*
Quorum Sensing*