PMC:2726282 / 2127-2593 JSONTXT

{"project":"2_test","denotations":[{"id":"18599074-15308767-62517912","span":{"begin":243,"end":244},"obj":"15308767"},{"id":"18599074-11018124-62517913","span":{"begin":465,"end":466},"obj":"11018124"},{"id":"18599074-12142477-62517913","span":{"begin":465,"end":466},"obj":"12142477"}],"text":"At the phenotypic level, there are evidences for the coexistence of multiple phenotypes in bacterial cultures, e.g., of cells with different morphological and physiological abilities such as motility, biofilm formation, drug resistance, etc.4,5 In particular, biofilm formation and chemotaxis are considered as multistage developmental processes, and in mature biofilms, a mixture of bacterial population from different developmental stages were found to coexist.6,7"}