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A unique self-organization of bacterial sub-communities creates iridescence in <i>Cellulophaga lytica</i> colony biofilms. <i>NPG Scientific Reports 6(19906)</i>: 11 pp. <a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep19906\" target=\"_blank\">http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep19906</a>","BEntID":244218,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":1,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":1,"RefStringPartII":". <i>NPG Scientific Reports 6(19906)</i>: 11 pp. <a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep19906\" target=\"_blank\">http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep19906</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":1,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Kientz, B.; Luke, S.; Vukusic, P.; Péteri, R.; Beaudry, C.; Renault, T.; Simon, D.; Mignot, T.; Rosenfeld, E.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Kientz, B. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"Iridescent color appearances are widespread in nature. 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