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Correlation between pigmentation and larval settlement deterrence by Pseudoalteromonas sp. sf57.
Biofouling - 1 Mar 2011
Huang Yi-Li, Li Mu, Yu Zhiliang, Qian Pei-Yuan
Abstract excerpt
The red-pigmented marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. sf57 forms a biofilm that deters larval settlement of the tube-building polychaete Hydroides elegans. To investigate the correlation between pigmentation and larval settlement deterrence, mutants of sf57 with deficient or altered pigmentation were generated by transposon mutagenesis. Five groups of pigmented mutants were obtained, viz. white, yellow, pink,...
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