Self-generated diversity produces "insurance effects" in biofilm communities.

By Blaise R. Boles, Matthew J. Thoendel, Pradeep K. Singh. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2004

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Subfields: Genetics, Molecular Biology, Sociology and Political Science

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Evolutionary Adaptation and Diversification in Cystic Fibrosis Chronic Lung Infections (2016, background): “Although experimental tests are limited, it has been shown in several studies that genetic diversity readily evolves in spatially structured biofilm populations [41,58–60].”
Effect of material characteristics and/or surface topography on biofilm development. (2006, background): “Recent studies suggest that the environmental heterogeneity generated within biofilms promotes accelerated genotypic and phenotypic diversity that provides a form of ‘biological insurance’ that can safeguard the ‘microbial community’ (Boles et al. 2004).”
Caries Ecology Revisited: Microbial Dynamics and the Caries Process (2008, background): “…and aciduric stages of bacterial succession in caries, but also conform with the concept that microbial diversity may exert a protective effect on the dynamic stability of the biofilm community, recently referred to as the ‘insurance hypothesis’ [Yachi and Loreau, 1999; Boles et al., 2004].”
Resistance of bacterial biofilms to disinfectants: a review (2011, background): “Different studies have reported the appearance of genetic variants in biofilms that display distinctive phenotypic traits (Boles et al. 2004; Kirisits et al. 2005; Allegrucci and Sauer 2007).”