Bacteria Timesharing (VIDEO)

University of California - San Diego

Caption

A time-lapse fluorescence video reveals Bacillus subtilis biofilm communities electrically oscillating with opposite phase, or timesharing, to maximize feeding efficiency.

Credit

Gürol Süel, UC San Diego

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To be used in conjunction with Science paper: "Coupling between distant biofilms and emergence of nutrient time-sharing"

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