Associational Resistance to Predation by Protists in a Mixed Species Biofilm
Yu Fen Goh, Henriette Lyng Røder, Siew Herng Chan, Muhammad Hafiz Ismail, Jonas Stenløkke Madsen, Kai Wei Kelvin Lee, Søren J. Sørensen, Michael Givskov, Mette Burmølle, Stuart A. Rice, Diane McDougald
Abstract
Biofilms have been shown to protect bacterial cells from predation by protists. Biofilm studies have traditionally used single species systems, which have provided information on the mechanisms and regulation of biofilm formation and dispersal, and the effects of predation on these biofilms.
Topics & Concepts
PredationBiofilmResistance (ecology)BiologyEcologyProtistMicrobiologyZoologyBacteriaGeneticsGeneMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyInsect symbiosis and bacterial influencesBacteriophages and microbial interactions