Mechanism of biofilm-mediated stress resistance and lifespan extension in C. elegans

Abstract Bacteria naturally form communities of cells known as biofilms. However the physiological roles of biofilms produced by non-pathogenic microbiota remain largely unknown. To assess the impact of a biofilm on host physiology we explored the effect of several non-pathogenic biofilm-forming bac...

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Main Authors: Olga Smolentseva, Ivan Gusarov, Laurent Gautier, Ilya Shamovsky, Alicia S. DeFrancesco, Richard Losick, Evgeny Nudler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07222-8