Highlights

Figure 1: From the micro to the nano world: Here we have Escherichia coli producing Arsenic nanowires and nanospheres.

Figure 2: Sender-receiver: Here we have a signal sender (green) activating quorum sensing at t=2hrs. The receivers distributed around the senders activates quorum sensing and produces a red fluorescent protein response. With time we observe an increasing gradient in the activation of the receivers.

Figure 3: Trapped inside a well: Here we have two types of bacteria trapped inside a microwell.

Figure 4: Pattern forming colis: Here we have swimming colis forming systematic pattern due to chemotaxis.

Figure 5: vesicle mediated gene transfer: simulation results of gene exchange in a multispecies microbial community that considers four mechanisms of gene transfer; conjugation, transformation, transduction, and vesicle-mediated transfer.