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SUBMITTER: Duvernoy MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5856753 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Duvernoy Marie-Cécilia MC Mora Thierry T Ardré Maxime M Croquette Vincent V Bensimon David D Quilliet Catherine C Ghigo Jean-Marc JM Balland Martial M Beloin Christophe C Lecuyer Sigolène S Desprat Nicolas N
Nature communications 20180316 1
Surface colonization underpins microbial ecology on terrestrial environments. Although factors that mediate bacteria-substrate adhesion have been extensively studied, their spatiotemporal dynamics during the establishment of microcolonies remains largely unexplored. Here, we use laser ablation and force microscopy to monitor single-cell adhesion during the course of microcolony formation. We find that adhesion forces of the rod-shaped bacteria Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa are pola ...[more]