A Duo of Potassium-Responsive Histidine Kinases Govern the Multicellular Destiny of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Bacillus subtilis</named-content>

ABSTRACT Multicellular biofilm formation and surface motility are bacterial behaviors considered mutually exclusive. However, the basic decision to move over or stay attached to a surface is poorly understood. Here, we discover that in Bacillus subtilis, the key root biofilm-controlling transcriptio...

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Main Authors: Roberto R. Grau, Paula de Oña, Maritta Kunert, Cecilia Leñini, Ramses Gallegos-Monterrosa, Eisha Mhatre, Darío Vileta, Verónica Donato, Theresa Hölscher, Wilhelm Boland, Oscar P. Kuipers, Ákos T. Kovács
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2015-09-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00581-15