The Effects of Spatial Organization and Fluid Flow on the Social Interactions in Microbial Communities

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The Effects of Spatial Organization and Fluid Flow on the Social Interactions in Microbial Communities

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Stability of influenza A virus in droplets and aerosols is heightened by the presence of commensal respiratory bacteria

The microbial genomics of glacier-fed streams: adaptations to an extreme ecosystem

Noise-induced transitions past the onset of a steady symmetry-breaking bifurcation: The case of the sudden expansion

Optimality principles for the analysis of biological processes across scales: From enzyme kinetics to microbiome dynamics

Towards personalized microfluidics: 3D printing of high-performance micropumps by control and optimization of fabrication-induced surface roughness

Microfluidic systems for infectious disease diagnostics

Bactericidal effect of tetracycline in E. coli strain ED1a may be associated with ribosome dysfunction

Machine learning method for the classification of the state of living organisms' oscillations

Host-derived organic acids enable gut colonization of the honey bee symbiont Snodgrassella alvi

Global emergent responses of stream microbial metabolism to glacier shrinkage

The cost of adaptability: resource availability constrains functional stability under pulsed disturbances

At what spatial scale does natural selection operate? Using multiscale frameworks to calibrate the effects of environmental factors across landscape continuums

Homogeneous vs. heterogeneous photo-Fenton elimination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria bearing intracellular or extracellular resistance: Do resistance mechanisms interfere with disinfection pathways?

Single-cell analysis of the interactions between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and macrophages

Fungal community composition predicts forest carbon storage at a continental scale

Surface passivation and functionalisation for mass photometry

Interactions between pili affect the outcome of bacterial competition driven by the type VI secretion system

From roots to canopy: Unraveling the influence of species diversity on tree water relations under warmer and drier climates

Biofilm morphogenesis on soft hydrogels