Disturbance frequency determines morphology and community development in multi-species biofilm at the landscape scale.

Many natural and engineered biofilm systems periodically face disturbances. Here we present how the recovery time of a biofilm between disturbances (expressed as disturbance frequency) shapes the development of morphology and community structure in a multi-species biofilm at the landscape scale. It...

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Main Authors: Kim Milferstedt, Gaëlle Santa-Catalina, Jean-Jacques Godon, Renaud Escudié, Nicolas Bernet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3841191?pdf=render