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Biofilms are the result of the multicellular lifestyle of ''B. subtilis''. They are characterized by the formation of a matrix polysaccharide and an amyloid-like protein, [[TasA]]. | Biofilms are the result of the multicellular lifestyle of ''B. subtilis''. They are characterized by the formation of a matrix polysaccharide and an amyloid-like protein, [[TasA]]. | ||
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Biofilms are the result of the multicellular lifestyle of B. subtilis. They are characterized by the formation of a matrix polysaccharide and an amyloid-like protein, TasA.
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Contents
Biofilm formation in SubtiPathways
Labs working on biofilm formation
Key genes and operons involved in biofilm formation
- matrix polysaccharide synthesis:
- amyloid protein synthesis
- regulation
- biofilm disassembly
- other proteins required for biofilm formation
Key reviews
Roberto Kolter
Biofilms in lab and nature: a molecular geneticist's voyage to microbial ecology.
Int Microbiol: 2010, 13(1);1-7
[PubMed:20890834]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Daniel Lopez, Hera Vlamakis, Roberto Kolter
Generation of multiple cell types in Bacillus subtilis.
FEMS Microbiol Rev: 2009, 33(1);152-63
[PubMed:19054118]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Wolf-Rainer Abraham
Controlling biofilms of gram-positive pathogenic bacteria.
Curr Med Chem: 2006, 13(13);1509-24
[PubMed:16787201]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
J A Shapiro
Thinking about bacterial populations as multicellular organisms.
Annu Rev Microbiol: 1998, 52;81-104
[PubMed:9891794]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
- additional reviews: PubMed
