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Remote Magnetic Actuation of Micrometric Probes for in situ 3D Mapping of Bacterial Biofilm Physical Properties
Published on: May 2, 2014
mSphere of Influence: Surface Sensing in Biofilm Formation
1Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA deleonkb@ou.edu.
Abstract:
Kara B. De Leόn works in the field of microbial ecology, environmental biofilms, and microbial genetics. In this mSphere of Influence article, she reflects on how the paper "Multigenerational memory and adaptive adhesion in early bacterial biofilm communities" by C. K. Lee et al. (C. K. Lee, J. de Anda, A. E. Baker, R. R. Bennett, et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 115:4471-4476, 2018, https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1720071115) made an impact on her by changing the way she thinks about initial cell attachment to a surface in an environment.

