Point Mutations Lead to Increased Levels of c-di-GMP and Phenotypic Changes to the Colony Biofilm Morphology in <i>Alcanivorax borkumensis</i> SK2

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  • Prasad Manoj
    Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
  • Obana Nozomu
    Transborder Medical Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba Microbiology Research Center for Sustainability, University of Tsukuba
  • Sakai Kaori
    PASTEUR, Département de chimie, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS Institut Pierre-Gilles de Gennes pour la Microfluidique
  • Nagakubo Toshiki
    Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
  • Miyazaki Shun
    School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
  • Toyofuku Masanori
    Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba Microbiology Research Center for Sustainability, University of Tsukuba
  • Fattaccioli Jacques
    PASTEUR, Département de chimie, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS Institut Pierre-Gilles de Gennes pour la Microfluidique
  • Nomura Nobuhiko
    Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba Microbiology Research Center for Sustainability, University of Tsukuba
  • Utada Andrew S.
    Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba Microbiology Research Center for Sustainability, University of Tsukuba

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  • Point Mutations Lead to Increased Levels of c-di-GMP and Phenotypic Changes to the Colony Biofilm Morphology in Alcanivorax borkumensis SK2
  • Point Mutations Lead to Increased Levels of c-di-GMP and Phenotypic Changes to the Colony Biofilm Morphology

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<p>Alcanivorax borkumensis is a ubiquitous marine bacterium that utilizes alkanes as a sole carbon source. We observed two phenotypes in the A. borkumensis SK2 type strain: rough (R) and smooth (S) types. The S type exhibited lower motility and higher polysaccharide production than the R type. Full genome sequencing revealed a mutation in the S type involved in cyclic-di-GMP production. The present results suggest that higher c-di-GMP levels in the S type control the biofilm forming behavior of this bacterium in a manner commensurate with other Gram-negative bacteria.</p>

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  • Microbes and Environments

    Microbes and Environments 34 (1), 104-107, 2019

    Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology / Japanese Society of Soil Microbiology / Taiwan Society of Microbial Ecology / Japanese Society of Plant Microbe Interactions / Japanese Society for Extremophiles

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