Spatially localised expression of the glutamate decarboxylase gadB in Escherichia coli O157:H7 microcolonies in hydrogel matrices

ARTICLE OPEN Spatially localised expression of the glutamate decarboxylase gadB in Escherichia coli O157:H7 microcolonies in hydrogel matrices Cédric Saint Martin 1,2 , Nelly Caccia 2 , Maud Darsonval 1 , Marina Gregoire 1 , Arthur Combeau 1 , Grégory Jubelin 2 , Florence Dubois-Brissonnet 1 , Sabine Leroy2 , Romain Briandet 1 ✉ and Mickaël Desvaux 2 ✉ Functional diversity within isogenic spatially organised bacterial populations has been shown to trigger emergent community properties such as...