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PMID:17158673
| Citation |
Reguera, G, Pollina, RB, Nicoll, JS and Lovley, DR (2007) Possible nonconductive role of Geobacter sulfurreducens pilus nanowires in biofilm formation. J. Bacteriol. 189:2125-7 |
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| Abstract |
Geobacter sulfurreducens required expression of electrically conductive pili to form biofilms on Fe(III) oxide surfaces, but pili were also essential for biofilm development on plain glass when fumarate was the sole electron acceptor. Furthermore, pili were needed for cell aggregation in agglutination studies. These results suggest that the pili of G. sulfurreducens also have a structural role in biofilm formation. |
| Links |
PubMed PMC1855775 Online version:10.1128/JB.01284-06 |
| Keywords |
Agglutination; Biofilms/growth & development; Electron Transport; Ferric Compounds/chemistry; Fimbriae, Bacterial/physiology; Geobacter/physiology |
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Significance
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| Gene product | Qualifier | GO Term | Evidence Code | with/from | Aspect | Extension | Notes | Status |
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| GO:0042710: biofilm formation |
IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype: |
P |
Figure 2: biofilm biomass of pilA deficient mutants is significantly reduced compared to WT strains even when grown without the presence of extracellular electron acceptors |
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