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Título:
COMPENSATORY BALANCE BETWEEN EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX COMPONENTS OF BACTERIAL BIOFILMS DETERMINES RESISTANCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS
Autor/es:
LAMI, MARÍA JESUS; ADLER CONRADO; COSTA GUTIERREZ SB; MARTINEZ-GIL M; QUESADA JM,; VINCENT, PAULA; ESPINOSA-URGEL M; DE CRISTOBAL RE
Reunión:
Congreso; SAIB; 2013
Resumen:
Within a biofilm, bacteria are embedded in a complex extracellular
matrix that serves at least for two purposes: providing robustness
and stability to the biofilm and protecting the cells against a variety
of external aggressions. In Pseudomonas putida, two large secreted
proteins, LapA and LapF, are key elements with distinct roles.
LapA is essential for irreversible attachment to biotic and abiotic
surfaces, while LapF is involved in cell?cell interactions,
microcolony formation and a mature biofilm development. It was
suggested that these surface proteins could be interacting with
different exopolysaccharides (EPSs). We report the existence of a
compensatory effect where P. putida reacts to the lack of either
LapA or LapF by increasing the expression of the specific EPS
encoding genes and the consequent protein synthesis. In spite of
this compensatory effect, both mutants showed reduced attachment,
microcolony development and biofilm formation. However, lapA
and lapF mutants showed high resistance to a variety of antibiotics,
detergents and saline stress, also displaying competitive colonization
in the corn rhizosphere. Our data confirm the role of
exopolysaccharides in stress protection and indicate the existence
of an ?allostasis? mechanism by which bacteria would sense and
counteract alterations in the composition of the extracellular matrix.