Plasmid curing and the loss of grip – The 65-kb replicon of Phaeobacter inhibens DSM 17395 is required for biofilm formation, motility and the colonization of marine algae

• Published in: Systematic and applied microbiology Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 120 - 127
• Main Authors: Frank, Oliver, Michael, Victoria, Päuker, Orsola, Boedeker, Christian, Jogler, Christian, Rohde, Manfred, Petersen, Jörn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Elsevier GmbH 01.03.2015
• Subjects: algae; Bacterial Adhesion; bacterial motility; biofilm; Biofilm formation; Biofilms - growth & development; Escherichia coli; Genes, Bacterial; glass; Locomotion; metabolism; Microbe–host interactions; Miozoa; Motility; mutants; operon; plasmid curing; Plasmid incompatibility; Plasmids; polysaccharides; polystyrenes; Replicon; rhamnose; Rhodobacteraceae; Rhodobacteraceae - genetics; Rhodobacteraceae - physiology; Roseobacter; Roseobacter group; Rosette formation; Sequence Deletion; stickiness; Roseobacter group; Microbe–host interactions; Motility; Biofilm formation; Rosette formation; Plasmid incompatibility

Surface colonization is characteristic for a broad range of marine roseobacters and many strains have been isolated from biofilms, microbial mats and dinoflagellates. Phaeobacter inhibens DSM 17395, one of the best-studied representatives of the Roseobacter group, is an effective colonizer of marine...