Discovery of Calcium as a Biofilm-Promoting Signal for Vibrio fischeri Reveals New Phenotypes and Underlying Regulatory Complexity

Discovery of Calcium as a Biofilm-Promoting Signal for Vibrio fischeri Reveals New Phenotypes and Underlying Regulatory Complexity

Alice H. Tischler, Louise Lie, Cecilia M. Thompson, Karen L. Visick George O’Toole, Editor ABSTRACT Vibrio fischeri uses biofilm formation to promote symbiotic colonization of its squid host, Euprymna scolopes. Control over biofilm formation is exerted at the level of transcription of the symbiosis polysaccharide (syp) locus by a complex set of two-component regulators. Biofilm formation can be induced […]