SinR is a mutational target for fine-tuning biofilm formation in laboratory-evolved strains of Bacillus subtilis

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Leiman, Sara A ^a   Arboleda, Laura C ^b   Spina, Joseph S ^b,c   McLoon, Anna L ^b,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bacteria; Biofilms; Domestication; Laboratory; Selection

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; DOMESTICATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; REGULATOR GENE; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAD PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MUTANT PROTEIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTANT PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 84988553121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-014-0301-8     Document Type: Article

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