Where Bacteria and Eukaryotes Meet

Overview

Journal J Bacteriol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2024 Jan 30

PMID 38289062

Authors

Liraz Chai

Elizabeth A Shank

Vasily Zaburdaev

Affiliations

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Abstract

The international workshop "Interdisciplinary life of microbes: from single cells to multicellular aggregates," following a virtual preassembly in November 2021, was held in person in Dresden, from 9 to 13 November 2022. It attracted not only prominent experts in biofilm research but also researchers from broadly neighboring disciplines, such as medicine, chemistry, and theoretical and experimental biophysics, both eukaryotic and prokaryotic. Focused brainstorming sessions were the special feature of the event and are at the heart of this commentary.

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