Impact of bdellovibrio-and-like organisms (BALOs) on mixed species biofilm communities

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from many people. Particularly, I would like to express my profound thanks to my supervisor Professor Yehuda Cohen, who enlightened me to know the fascinating bacterial predators, BALOs. Additionally, I would like to express my deep and sincere gratitude to my co-supervisor Associate Professor Scott Rice, who supervised this research program with his patient guidance, encouraging support and invaluable suggestions to make this research complete. The appreciation is also conveyed to Dr. Tan Chuan Hao Grant in Singapore Center on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), from whom helpful assistance and cooperation have I received, and I am also grateful for the friendship established during the cooperation. Special thanks are also given to Dr. Daniela Moses and her group members, who offered kind assistance in RNA sequencing. The thanks are also given to Dr. Tay Qi Xiang Martin, who kindly helped to interpret the RNA sequence data. The thanks are extended to my colleagues and friends in SCELSE. The work cannot be carried out smoothly without their suggestions, and life cannot be happy without their company. We acknowledge financial support from the SCELSE, whose research is supported by