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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lim CK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3623135 | biostudies-other | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Applied and environmental microbiology 20130222 9
Tannins are a diverse group of plant-produced, polyphenolic compounds with metal-chelating and antimicrobial properties that are prevalent in many soils. Using transcriptomics, we determined that tannic acid, a form of hydrolysable tannin, broadly affects the expression of genes involved in iron and zinc homeostases, sulfur metabolism, biofilm formation, motility, and secondary metabolite biosynthesis in the soil- and rhizosphere-inhabiting bacterium Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5. ...[more]