Human oral biofilms are multispecies microbial communities that exhibit high resistance to antimicrobial agents.
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Much ecological research relies on existing multispecies distribution datasets.
Jesse M. Kalwij, Mark P. Robertson, Argo Ronk, Martin Zobel, Meelis Pärtel 2014, 'Spatially-Explicit Estimation of Geographical Representation in Large-Scale SpeciesDistribution Datasets', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0085306. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The bridging bacteria with broad-spectrum coaggregation ability play an important role during multispecies-biofilm development.
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Ecosystem or multispecies models offer a number of advantages over single-species models.
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Almost all dental diseases are caused by biofilms that consist of multispecies communities.
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In the environment, bacteria live in complex multispecies communities.
Reed M. Stubbendieck, Reed M. Stubbendieck, Carol Vargas-Bautista, Paul D. Straight,Paul D. Straight 2016, 'Bacterial Communities: Interactions to Scale', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01234/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This essay opens a door to multispecies landscapes as protagonists for histories of the world.
Anna Tsing 2012, 'Unruly Edges: Mushrooms as Companion Species', Environmental Humanitieshttp://environmentalhumanities.org/arch/vol1/EH1.9.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All multispecies mixtures produced high biomass, and none affected maize yield relative to fallow.
Mitchell C. Hunter, Meagan E. Schipanski, Macdonald H. Burgess, James C. LaChance,Brosi A. Bradley, Mary E. Barbercheck, Jason P. Kaye, David A. Mortensen 2019, 'Cover Crop Mixture Effects on Maize, Soybean, and Wheat Yield in Rotation', Agricultural & Environmental Lettershttps://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/ael/articles/4/1/180051. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Wounds represent complex systems of multispecies fungal and bacterial biofilms.
Mahmoud Ghannoum 2016, 'Cooperative Evolutionary Strategy between the Bacteriome and Mycobiome', mBiohttp://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/6/e01951-16. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The model predicts that local signalling may enable multispecies communities to colonize open, structured environments.
Bihary Dóra, Reiz Beáta, Kerényi Ádám, Venturi Vittorio, Pongor Sándor 2010, 'Locality versus globality in bacterial signalling: can local communication stabilizebacterial communities?', Biology Directhttp://www.biology-direct.com/content/5/1/30. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)