sought to uncover how Vibrio cholerae (the bacterium responsible for cholera) sticks together to form biofilms — and also escape and create new communities. The study was published in the journal ...

The seasonal occurrence of cholera epidemics requires the persistence of Vibrio cholerae in aquatic ... non-culturable cells are unclear. ...biofilms that form in situ, that is, in the surface ...

Vibrio cholerae bacteria form dense biofilms on biotic surfaces, which fosters interbacterial killing and horizontal gene transfer. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

Biofilms, ubiquitous bacterial communities embedded in a slimy matrix, are the oldest form of multicellularity on Earth; they ...