Transcriptome dynamics of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 under water stress.

ABSTRACT: Water deprivation can be a major stressor to microbial life in surface and subsurface soil. In unsaturated soils, the matric potential (Ψ(m)) is often the main component of the water potential, which measures the thermodynamic availability of water. A low matric potential usually translates into water forming thin liquid films in the soil pores. Little is known of how bacteria respond to such conditions, where, in addition to facing water deprivation that might impair their metabolism, they have to adapt their dispersal strategy as swimming motility may be compromised. Using the pressurized porous surface model (PPSM), which allows creation of thin liquid films by controlling Ψ(m), we examined the transcriptome dynamics of Pseudomonas putida KT2440. We identified the differentially express

SUBMITTER: Gulez G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3264132 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature