ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2023
Associational Resistance to Predation by Protists in a Mixed Species Biofilm.
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- Dispersal of a dominant competitor can drive multispecies coexistence in biofilms.Current biology : CB · 2024Article
- Hfq-binding small RNA PqsS regulates Pseudomonas aeruginosa pqs quorum sensing system and virulence.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2024Article
- Transposon mutagenesis screen ineLife · 2024Article
- Predatory protists impact plant performance by promoting plant growth-promoting rhizobacterial consortia.The ISME journal · 2024Article
- Synergistic interactions in multispecies biofilm combinations of bacterial isolates recovered from diverse food processing industries.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Mixed species biofilms exhibit increased tolerance to numerous stresses compared to single species biofilms. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of grazing by the heterotrophic protist, Tetrahymena pyriformis, on a mixed species biofilm consisting of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas protegens, and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Protozoan grazing significantly reduced the single species K. pneumoniae biofilm, and the single species P. protegens biofilm was also sensitive to grazing. In contrast, P. aeruginosa biofilms were resistant to predation. This resistance protected the otherwise sensitive members of the mixed species biofilm consortium. Rhamnolipids produced by P. aeruginosa were shown to be the primary toxic factor for
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