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Microbial biofilms: An ecological tale of Jekyll and Hyde
1Department of Ecology and Evolution and Center for the Physics of Evolving Systems, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Current Biology : CB
|December 20, 2022
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The molecules of life can be double-edged, performing both beneficial and detrimental roles depending on the environmental context. New work reveals how the Jekyll and Hyde nature of nitric oxide shapes complexity in microbial biofilms, from ecological interactions to spatial structure.
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