Comments on: How bacteria feed each other in times of hunger

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:43:18 +0000

Hey Roger, thanks for your interest.
Yes, there is a compilation of articles about antimicrobial resistance on https://sarahs-world.blog/tag/antimicrobial-resistance/
Hope it helps.
Sarah

By: Roger Harrison

Roger Harrison — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:59:00 +0000

Do you have anything about resistance ?

By: isagatta

isagatta — Mon, 06 May 2019 09:59:09 +0000

In reply to christiankost. Yes, perfect! Thanks

By: christiankost

christiankost — Mon, 06 May 2019 08:17:05 +0000

In reply to isagatta. The exchange is strictly linked to the demand of a given bacterium. So only when they starve for certain metabolites (e.g. amino acids), they would establish these connections. In case bacteria do not starve and grow autonomously, they do (normally) not establish tubular conections to other bacterial cells. Hope this answers the question.

By: isagatta

isagatta — Sun, 05 May 2019 21:57:28 +0000

Question: if the two bacteria have both the amino acids they need, would they build those tubes anyway? Or they just build them when they need to exchange something?

By: Bommel

Bommel — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 08:31:33 +0000

In reply to r-wettstaedt. Glad you liked it! I'm pretty sure they're already testing that somehow... ?

By: r-wettstaedt

r-wettstaedt — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 07:38:25 +0000

Interesting stuff! ? In theory, would it be possible to send modified or even artificial bacteria to the real ones? In that case, they could surely transfer some DNA or molecules that weaken the real bacteria.