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Microbial Communities Flashcards

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Symbiosis

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e. g. bioluminexcent V. fischeri and Bobtail Squid

- Selective colonisation

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Parisitism

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Relationship where one organism benefits and the other suffers

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Mutualism

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Mutually beneficial relationship between organisms

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Commensalism

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One organism benefits, the other neither benefits nor suffers

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Biofilms

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  1. Attachment - suppression of motility factors, induction of adhesion factors
  2. Growth - intercellular interaction, quorum sensing
    Biofilm maturation - induced extracellular polysaccharides (matrix) synthesis, phenotypic diversity
  3. Detachment - Quorum sensing, induction of disassembly factors
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Quorum Sensing

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AHL = Acyl-homoserine lactone

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