Differential biofilm formation and motility associated with lipopolysaccharide/exopolysaccharide-coupled biosynthetic genes in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia WR-C is capable of forming biofilm on polystyrene and glass. The lipopolysaccharide/exopolysaccharide-coupled biosynthetic genes rmlA, rmlC, and xanB are necessary for biofilm formation and twitching motility. Mutants with mutations in rmlAC and xanB display contrasting biofilm phenotypes on polystyrene and glass and differ in swimming motility.
Huang
Tzu-Pi
TP
Department of Food Microbiology and Toxicology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1925 Willow Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Somers
Eileen B
EB
Wong
Amy C Lee
AC
D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development*; D002238:Carbohydrate Epimerases / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009068:Movement; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D009154:Mutation; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D020615:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002237:Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases
D002238:Carbohydrate Epimerases; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases; C020587:glucose-1-phosphate thymidylyltransferase; C020092:dTDP-4-ketorhamnose 3,5-epimerase; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002237:Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases