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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Bacillus subtilis subsp. natto
SUBMITTER: Akos Kovacs
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-43840 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Grau Roberto R RR de Oña Paula P Kunert Maritta M Leñini Cecilia C Gallegos-Monterrosa Ramses R Mhatre Eisha E Vileta Darío D Donato Verónica V Hölscher Theresa T Boland Wilhelm W Kuipers Oscar P OP Kovács Ákos T ÁT
mBio 20150707 4
<h4>Unlabelled</h4>Multicellular biofilm formation and surface motility are bacterial behaviors considered mutually exclusive. However, the basic decision to move over or stay attached to a surface is poorly understood. Here, we discover that in Bacillus subtilis, the key root biofilm-controlling transcription factor Spo0A~Pi (phosphorylated Spo0A) governs the flagellum-independent mechanism of social sliding motility. A Spo0A-deficient strain was totally unable to slide and colonize plant roots ...[more]