Kind Discrimination and Competitive Exclusion Mediated by Contact-Dependent Growth Inhibition Systems Shape Biofilm Community Structure
Figure 8
Pillar structure formation by strains at a higher inoculum.
Confocal microscopy of biofilms formed with the “high inoculum”. Fluorescent and DIC merged images taken at 24 hours in a plane of focus approximately half way between the top and bottom of biofilms formed by BtE264, Bt-Bp1106a-1, Bt-Bp1106a-2, and BtΔbcpAIOB bacteria, each constitutively expressing gfp. Black scale bar = 32 µm.