State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Crit Rev Microbiol. 2021 May;47(3):338-358. doi: 10.1080/1040841X.2021.1887079. Epub 2021 Mar 2.
Existence of most bacterial species, in natural, industrial, and clinical settings in the form of surface-adhered communities or biofilms has been well acknowledged for decades. Research predominantly focusses on single-species biofilms as these are relatively easy to study. However, microbiologists are now interested in studying multispecies biofilms and revealing interspecific interactions in these communities because of the existence of a plethora of different bacterial species together in almost all natural settings. Multispecies biofilms-led emergent properties are triggered by bacterial social interactions which have huge implication for research and practical knowledge useful for the control and manipulation of these microbial communities. Here, we discuss some important bacterial interactions that take place in multispecies biofilm communities and provide insights into community-wide changes that indicate bacterial interactions and elucidate underlying mechanisms.
几十年来，人们已经充分认识到大多数细菌物种以附着在表面的群落或生物膜的形式存在于自然、工业和临床环境中。研究主要集中在单一种群的生物膜上，因为这些生物膜相对容易研究。然而，由于在几乎所有自然环境中都存在大量不同的细菌物种，微生物学家现在有兴趣研究多物种生物膜并揭示这些群落中的种间相互作用。多物种生物膜引发的新兴特性是由细菌的社会相互作用触发的，这些相互作用对研究和实际知识有很大的影响，这些知识可用于控制和操纵这些微生物群落。在这里，我们讨论了在多物种生物膜群落中发生的一些重要的细菌相互作用，并深入了解了表明细菌相互作用和阐明潜在机制的全社区变化。
