Jan 2016 cover image
The impact of flow and surface topography on quorum sensing
Published
The impact of flow and surface topography on quorum sensing
This beautiful image comes from the paper by Minyoung Kevin Kim, François Ingremeau, Aishan Zhao, Bonnie L. Bassler & Howard A. Stone and shows Staphylococcus aureus growing in a microfluidic channel under flow, red cells are quorum sensing off, yellow cells on.
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