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  "id": 14838220,
  "title": "Formation of a swelling gel underlies a morphological transition in Bacillus subtilis biofilms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/formation-of-a-swelling-gel-underlies-a-morphological-transition-in",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-05T07:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PNAS",
    "slug": "pnas",
    "url": "https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2608188123?af=R"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 41, October 2026. SignificanceBiofilms are complex, self-assembled bacterial communities that enable microbes to thrive in environments ranging from human tissues to agricultural soils. While often modeled as gels, the physical mechanisms driving biofilms’ transition from ...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}