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Increase in rhamnolipid synthesis under iron-limiting conditions influences surface motility and biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jun 2010
Glick Rivka, Gilmour Christie, Tremblay Julien, Satanower Shirley, Avidan Ofir, Déziel Eric, Greenberg E Peter, Poole Keith, Banin Ehud
Abstract excerpt
Iron is an essential element for life but also serves as an environmental signal for biofilm development in the opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Under iron-limiting conditions, P. aeruginosa displays enhanced twitching motility and forms flat unstructured biofilms. In this stu...
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