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Multispecies Swarms of Social Microorganisms as Moving Ecosystems
- Source :
- Trends in microbiology. 24(4)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Microorganisms use collective migration to cross barriers and reach new habitats, and the ability to form motile swarms offers a competitive advantage. Traditionally, dispersal by microbial swarm propagation has been studied in monoculture. Microorganisms can facilitate other species' dispersal by forming multispecies swarms, with mutual benefits. One party (the transporter) moves a sessile partner (the cargo). This results in asymmetric associations ranging from temporary marriages of convenience to long-term fellow travellers. In the context of the 'microbial market', the parties offer very different services in exchange. We discuss bacteria transporting bacteria, eukaryotic microorganisms moving bacteria, and bacteria facilitating the spread of eukaryotes - and ask what the benefits are, the methods of study, and the consequences of multispecies, swarming logistics networks.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical)
Microorganism
030106 microbiology
Microbial Consortia
Swarming (honey bee)
Biology
Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
Microbiology
Competitive advantage
Models, Biological
03 medical and health sciences
Microbial ecology
Virology
Environmental Microbiology
Ecosystem
Bacteria
Ecology
Swarm behaviour
030104 developmental biology
Infectious Diseases
Habitat
Flagella
Biological dispersal
Microbial Interactions
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Details
- ISSN :
- 18784380
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Trends in microbiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fe3125166e751897d639a1bfed724b6b