title: Biofilms: How Structure Emerges from Conflict.
abstract: Natural bacterial populations often live on surfaces in complex communities called biofilms. These stress-resistant groups are often thought to result from cooperative interactions between disparate species, but recent experiments argue that biofilms are primarily a protective response to competition.
authors.affiliation: Physics of Living Systems, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: nvega@mit.edu.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vega
authors.affiliation: Physics of Living Systems, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: gore@mit.edu.
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gore
mesh_terms: D000898:Antibiosis; D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000254:growth & development*; D011709:Pyocins / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D011709:Pyocins