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SUBMITTER: Godeke J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3105746 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gödeke Julia J Paul Kristina K Lassak Jürgen J Thormann Kai M KM
The ISME journal 20101021 4
Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 is capable of forming highly structured surface-attached communities. By DNase I treatment, we demonstrated that extracellular DNA (eDNA) serves as a structural component in all stages of biofilm formation under static and hydrodynamic conditions. We determined whether eDNA is released through cell lysis mediated by the three prophages LambdaSo, MuSo1 and MuSo2 that are harbored in the genome of S. oneidensis MR-1. Mutant analyses and infection studies revealed that al ...[more]