"Sharing the matrix" - a cooperative strategy for survival in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bacteria in nature live together in communities called biofilms, where they produce a matrix that protects them from hostile environments. The components of this matrix vary among species, with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (STm- WT) primarily producing curli and cellulose, which are regulated by the master regulator csgD. Interactions between bacteria can be competitive or cooperative, with cooperation more commonly observed among the kin population. This study refers to STm- WT as the generalist which produces all the matrix components and knockout strains that are defective in either curli or cellulose as the specialists, which produces one of the matrix components but not both. We have asked whether two different specialists will cooperate and share matrix

SUBMITTER: R KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10463773 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature