Coral reefs depend on a delicate association between the animal host and its diverse microbial community, collectively the holobiont. Under stable conditions, symbiotic bacteria and other microbes ...
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The pathogenesis of dental caries emerges from complex microbial communities that colonise the tooth surface and metabolise dietary sugars into organic acids. This polymicrobial biofilm comprises ...