Spatial organization of bacterial populations in response to oxygen and carbon counter-gradients in pore networks

Spatial organisation of bacteria could contribute to the persistence of anoxic hotspots in soils, however such processes are difficult to observe directly. Here, the authors develop an experimental platform mimicking resource gradients postulated in soil aggregates to assess bacterial spatial organi...

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Main Authors: Benedict Borer, Robin Tecon, Dani Or
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03187-y