A meta-proteomics approach to study the interspecies interactions affecting microbial biofilm development in a model community.

ABSTRACT: Microbial biofilms are omnipresent in nature and relevant to a broad spectrum of industries ranging from bioremediation and food production to biomedical applications. To date little is understood about how multi-species biofilm communities develop and function on a molecular level, due to the complexity of these biological systems. Here we apply a meta-proteomics approach to investigate the mechanisms influencing biofilm formation in a model consortium of four bacterial soil isolates; Stenotrophomonas rhizophila, Xanthomonas retroflexus, Microbacterium oxydans and Paenibacillus amylolyticus. Protein abundances in community and single species biofilms were compared to describe occurring inter-species interactions and the resulting changes in active metabolic pathways. To obtain full taxono

SUBMITTER: Herschend J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5705676 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature