Fruiting body formation by Bacillus subtilis

By S. Branda, J. González-Pastor, S. Ben‐Yehuda, R. Losick, Robert Kolter. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Molecular Biology

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In Ecology

1. Robert Kolter
2. M. Otto
3. P. Watnick
4. E. Karatan
5. G. O’Toole
6. D. Wozniak
7. R. Losick
8. M. E. Davey

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1. M. Otto
2. G. O’Toole
3. Robert Kolter
4. D. Wozniak
5. P. Stewart
6. M. Franklin
7. P. Watnick
8. E. Karatan

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• How Staphylococcus aureus biofilms develop their characteristic structure (2012, background): “In contrast, there are reports indicating that several bacteria use surfactant-likemolecules to structure and detach biofilms, which include Bacillus subtilis surfactin (9, 10), Pseudomonas aeruginosa rhamnolipid (11, 12), and the phenolsoluble modulin (PSM) β-peptides in Staphylococcus epidermidis,”
• Genes involved in matrix formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 biofilms (2003, background): “This loss of robust morphology (possibly related to changes in extracellular matrix production) as a consequence of domestication has been reported in several species (Hammar et al., 1995; Rainey and Travisano, 1998; Romling et al., 1998; 2000; Wai et al., 1998; Branda et al., 2001; D’Argenio et al.”
• Bacillus subtilis α-Phosphoglucomutase Is Required for Normal Cell Morphology and Biofilm Formation (2005, background): “subtilis has been shown to depend on Spo0A, the key master regulator that governs entry into sporulation, and the extracytoplasmic function sigma factor SigH (4).”
• Rhamnolipid Surfactant Production Affects Biofilm Architecture in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 (2003, background): “In addition, a recent study of fruiting body formation in the bacterium Bacillus subtilis showed that a mutant (sfp) deficient in surfactin production formed atypical surfaceassociated pellicle (biofilm) structures (2).”
• Amyloid fibers provide structural integrity to Bacillus subtilis biofilms (2010, background): “The endospore forming Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis makes matrix-encased biofilms on the surface of agar plates as well as robust floating biofilms (pellicles) at the air–liquid interface of standing cultures (23).”
• A major protein component of the Bacillus subtilis biofilm matrix (2006, background): “MSgg broth: 100 mM morpholinepropane sulphonic acid (MOPS) (pH 7), 0.5% glycerol, 0.5% glutamate, 5 mM potassium phosphate (pH 7), 50 µg ml−1 tryptophan, 50 µg ml−1 phenylalanine, 2 mM MgCl2, 700 µM CaCl2, 50 µM FeCl3, 50 µM MnCl2, 2 µM thiamine, 1 µM ZnCl2 (Branda et al., 2001).”
• Signals, Regulatory Networks, and Materials That Build and Break Bacterial Biofilms (2009, background): “subtilis indeed contain fruiting-body-like formations where sporulation takes place (39).”
• The use of bacterial spore formers as probiotics. (2005, background): “These robust films have aerial structures, referred to as fruiting bodies, that have been shown to act as preferred sites for spore formation [109].”
• Biofilm formation by a Bacillus subtilis strain that produces γ-polyglutamate (2006, background): “0002-9060 G 2006 SGM Printed in Great Britain 2801 putative exopolysaccharide (EPS) produced by the eps locus (Branda et al., 2001, 2005; Kearns et al., 2005).”