Relation between Biofilm and Virulence in Vibrio tapetis: A Transcriptomic Study.

ABSTRACT: Marine pathogenic bacteria are able to form biofilms on many surfaces, such as mollusc shells, and they can wait for the appropriate opportunity to induce their virulence. Vibrio tapetis can develop such biofilms on the inner surface of shells of the Ruditapes philippinarum clam, leading to the formation of a brown conchiolin deposit in the form of a ring, hence the name of the disease: Brown Ring Disease. The virulence of V. tapetis is presumed to be related to its capacity to form biofilms, but the link has never been clearly established at the physiological or genetic level. In the present study, we used RNA-seq analysis to identify biofilm- and virulence-related genes displaying altered expression in biofilms compared to the planktonic condition. A flow cell system

SUBMITTER: Rodrigues S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6313714 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature