Effects of carbazole-degradative plasmid pCAR1 on biofilm morphology in three Pseudomonas strains.

ABSTRACT: To elucidate the impact of the carriage of carbazole-degradative plasmid pCAR1 on biofilm formation by host bacteria, we compared biofilm morphology of pCAR1-free and pCAR1-carrying three Pseudomonas hosts: P. putida KT2440, P. aeruginosa PAO1 and P. fluorescens Pf0-1 using confocal laser scanning microscopy. Although pCAR1 carriage had no significant influence on biofilm formed by PAO1 and Pf0-1, pCAR1-carrying KT2440 became filamentous and formed flat biofilm, whereas pCAR1-free KT2440 formed mushroom-like biofilm. pCAR1 carries three genes encoding nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs); Pmr, Pnd, and Phu. Because intensive filamentous morphology was observed in two double mutants (DpmrDpnd and DpmrDphu), these NAPs cooperatively suppress cell filamentation and flat biofilm formation in KT

ORGANISM(S): Pseudomonas putida

SUBMITTER: Hideaki Nojiri 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-56856 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress