TY - JOUR
T1 - Bacterial biofilms: prokaryotic adventures in multicellularity
AU - Webb, J.S.
AU - Givskov, Michael Christian
AU - Kjelleberg, S.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - The development of bacterial biofilms includes both the initial social behavior of undifferentiated cells, as well as cell death and differentiation in the mature biofilm, and displays several striking similarities with higher organisms. Recent advances in the field provide new insight into differentiation and cell death events in bacterial biofilm development and propose that biofilms have an unexpected level of multicellularity.
AB - The development of bacterial biofilms includes both the initial social behavior of undifferentiated cells, as well as cell death and differentiation in the mature biofilm, and displays several striking similarities with higher organisms. Recent advances in the field provide new insight into differentiation and cell death events in bacterial biofilm development and propose that biofilms have an unexpected level of multicellularity.
KW - Biofilms
U2 - 10.1016/j.mib.2003.10.014
DO - 10.1016/j.mib.2003.10.014
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1369-5274
VL - 6
SP - 578
EP - 585
JO - Current Opinion in Microbiology
JF - Current Opinion in Microbiology
IS - 6
ER -