The Pressurized Porous Surface Model: an improved tool to study bacterial behavior under a wide range of environmentally relevant matric potentials.
To study bacterial behavior under varying hydration conditions similar to surface soil, we have developed a system called the Pressurized Porous Surface Model (PPSM). Thin liquid films created by imposing a matric potential of -0.4 MPa impact gene expression and colony development in Pseudomonas putida.
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Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Miljøvej, Building 113, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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D004777:Environment; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D008954:Models, Biological; D016062:Porosity; D011312:Pressure; D016958:Pseudomonas putida / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*