Scale-dependent tipping points of bacterial colonization resistance [Ecology]

Bacteria are efficient colonizers of a wide range of secluded microhabitats, such as soil pores, skin follicles, or intestinal crypts. How the structural diversity of these habitats modulates microbial self-organization remains poorly understood, in part because of the difficulty to precisely manipulate the physical structure of microbial environments. Using a...
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Biophysics and Computational Biology, Ecology Physical Sciences Source Type: research