Shapiro James A
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
J Physiol. 2024 Jun;602(11):2395-2399. doi: 10.1113/JP284409. Epub 2023 Aug 28.
The majority of bacteria live and evolve in surface biofilms. Both growth in biofilms and horizontal transfer of DNA are regulated by quorum-sensing pheromone signals. The common regulation of bacterial surface growth and DNA transfers illustrates how physiology contributes to bacterial evolution.