title: A particularly useful system to study the ecology of microbes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MIT, MA, 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Otto X
authors.initials: OX
authors.lastname: Cordero
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8093, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stocker
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D018441:Biofilms; D017753:Ecosystem