title: A spatiotemporal view of plasmid loss in biofilms and planktonic cultures.
abstract: This Commentary by Madsen, Burmølle, and Sørensen discusses the article Non-invasive in situ monitoring and quantification of TOL plasmid segregational loss within Pseudomonas putida biofilms by Ma, Katzenmeyer, and Bryers. (2013. Biotechnol Bioeng. 110(11):2949-2958. DOI: 10.1002/bit.24953).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jonas Stenløkke
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.forename: Mette
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burmølle
authors.forename: Søren Johannes
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Sørensen
mesh_terms: D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development*; D042822:Genomic Instability; D010957:Plasmids / Q000032:analysis*; D016958:Pseudomonas putida / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: biofilm; horizontal gene transfer; plasmid loss; plasmid stability; spatiotemporal patterns