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Marine Microbes See a Sea of Gradients by Stocker, Roman

“…Marine bacteria influence Earth's environmental dynamics in fundamental ways by controlling the biogeochemistry and productivity of the oceans. These…”
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Reverse and flick: Hybrid locomotion in bacteria by Stocker, Roman

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Trophic Interactions and the Drivers of Microbial Community Assembly by Gralka, Matti, Szabo, Rachel, Stocker, Roman, Cordero, Otto X.

“…Despite numerous surveys of gene and species content in heterotrophic microbial communities, such as those found in animal guts, oceans, or soils, it is still…”
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Bacterial transport suppressed by fluid shear by Rusconi, Roberto, Guasto, Jeffrey S., Stocker, Roman

“…Bacteria often reside in fluids. Now, it is shown that hydrodynamic shear, which creates forces and torques on bacterial suspensions, stimulates the attachment…”
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Ecology and Physics of Bacterial Chemotaxis in the Ocean by STOCKER, Roman, SEYMOUR, Justin R

“…Article Usage Stats Services MMBR Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Microfluidics Expanding the Frontiers of Microbial Ecology by Rusconi, Roberto, Garren, Melissa, Stocker, Roman

“…Microfluidics has significantly contributed to the expansion of the frontiers of microbial ecology over the past decade by allowing researchers to observe the…”
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Bacteria can exploit a flagellar buckling instability to change direction by Son, Kwangmin, Guasto, Jeffrey S., Stocker, Roman

“…Buckling is often regarding as a form of mechanical failure to be avoided. High-speed video microscopy and mechanical stability theory now show, however, that…”
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Microfluidic Studies of Biofilm Formation in Dynamic Environments by Yawata, Yutaka, Nguyen, Jen, Stocker, Roman, Rusconi, Roberto

“…The advent of microscale technologies, such as microfluidics, has revolutionized many areas of biology yet has only recently begun to impact the field of…”
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Chemotaxis toward phytoplankton drives organic matter partitioning among marine bacteria by Smriga, Steven, Fernandez, Vicente I., Mitchell, James G., Stocker, Roman

“…The microenvironment surrounding individual phytoplankton cells is often rich in dissolved organic matter (DOM), which can attract bacteria by chemotaxis…”
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Speed-dependent chemotactic precision in marine bacteria by Son, Kwangmin, Menolascina, Filippo, Stocker, Roman

“…Chemotaxis underpins important ecological processes in marine bacteria, from the association with primary producers to the colonization of particles and hosts…”
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The role of microbial motility and chemotaxis in symbiosis by Raina, Jean-Baptiste, Fernandez, Vicente, Lambert, Bennett, Stocker, Roman, Seymour, Justin R.

“…Many symbiotic relationships rely on the acquisition of microbial partners from the environment. However, the mechanisms by which microbial symbionts find and…”
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Trade-Offs of Chemotactic Foraging in Turbulent Water by Taylor, John R., Stocker, Roman

“…Bacteria play an indispensable role in marine biogeochemistry by recycling dissolved organic matter. Motile species can exploit small, ephemeral solute patches…”
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Fluid Mechanics of Planktonic Microorganisms by Guasto, Jeffrey S, Rusconi, Roberto, Stocker, Roman

“…The diversity of the morphologies, propulsion mechanisms, flow environments, and behaviors of planktonic microorganisms has long provided inspiration for fluid…”
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Rational design of a microbial consortium of mucosal sugar utilizers reduces Clostridiodes difficile colonization by Pereira, Fátima C., Wasmund, Kenneth, Cobankovic, Iva, Jehmlich, Nico, Herbold, Craig W., Lee, Kang Soo, Sziranyi, Barbara, Vesely, Cornelia, Decker, Thomas, Stocker, Roman, Warth, Benedikt, von Bergen, Martin, Wagner, Michael, Berry, David

“…Many intestinal pathogens, including Clostridioides difficile , use mucus-derived sugars as crucial nutrients in the gut. Commensals that compete with…”
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The effect of flow on swimming bacteria controls the initial colonization of curved surfaces by Secchi, Eleonora, Vitale, Alessandra, Miño, Gastón L., Kantsler, Vasily, Eberl, Leo, Rusconi, Roberto, Stocker, Roman

“…The colonization of surfaces by bacteria is a widespread phenomenon with consequences on environmental processes and human health. While much is known about…”
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A distinct growth physiology enhances bacterial growth under rapid nutrient fluctuations by Nguyen, Jen, Fernandez, Vicente, Pontrelli, Sammy, Sauer, Uwe, Ackermann, Martin, Stocker, Roman

“…It has long been known that bacteria coordinate their physiology with their nutrient environment, yet our current understanding offers little intuition for how…”
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Zooming in on the phycosphere: the ecological interface for phytoplankton–bacteria relationships by Seymour, Justin R., Amin, Shady A., Raina, Jean-Baptiste, Stocker, Roman

“…By controlling nutrient cycling and biomass production at the base of the food web, interactions between phytoplankton and bacteria represent a fundamental…”
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Bacterial rheotaxis by Marcos, Fu, Henry C, Powers, Thomas R, Stocker, Roman

“…The motility of organisms is often directed in response to environmental stimuli. Rheotaxis is the directed movement resulting from fluid velocity gradients,…”
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Bacterial chemotaxis in a microfluidic T-maze reveals strong phenotypic heterogeneity in chemotactic sensitivity by Salek, M. Mehdi, Carrara, Francesco, Fernandez, Vicente, Guasto, Jeffrey S., Stocker, Roman

“…Many microorganisms have evolved chemotactic strategies to exploit the microscale heterogeneity that frequently characterizes microbial habitats. Chemotaxis…”
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Constrained optimal foraging by marine bacterioplankton on particulate organic matter by Yawata, Yutaka, Carrara, Francesco, Menolascina, Filippo, Stocker, Roman

“…Optimal foraging theory provides a framework to understand how organisms balance the benefits of harvesting resources within a patch with the sum of the…”
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