Sensor-based analysis reveals distinct oxygen microenvironments in Escherichia coli biofilm channels, highlighting mechanisms of nutrient transport and community maturation.
Chemical gradients and the emergence of distinct microenvironments in biofilms are vital to the stratification, maturation and overall function of microbial communities. These gradients have been well characterised throughout the biofilm mass but the microenvironment of recently discovered nutrient transporting channels in
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