Surface colonization by marine roseobacters: integrating genotype and phenotype.

ABSTRACT: The Roseobacter clade is a broadly distributed, abundant, and biogeochemically relevant group of marine bacteria. Representatives are often associated with organic surfaces in disparate marine environments, suggesting that a sessile lifestyle is central to the ecology of lineage members. The importance of surface association and colonization has been demonstrated recently for select strains, and it has been hypothesized that production of antimicrobial agents, cell density-dependent regulatory mechanisms, and morphological features contribute to the colonization success of roseobacters. Drawing on these studies, insight into a broad representation of strains is facilitated by the availability of a substantial collection of genome sequences that provides a holistic view of these features am

SUBMITTER: Slightom RN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2753062 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature