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A novel inducer of Roseobacter motility is also a disruptor of algal symbiosis.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Feb 2013
Sule Preeti, Belas Robert
Abstract excerpt
Silicibacter sp. strain TM1040, a member of the Roseobacter clade, forms a symbiosis with unicellular phytoplankton, which is inextricably linked to the biphasic "swim or stick" lifestyle of the bacteria. Mutations in flaC bias the population toward the motile phase. Renewed examination of the FlaC(-) strain (HG1016) uncovered that it is composed of two different cells: a pigmented type, PS01, and a nonpigmented...
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