Transcriptional portrait of M. bovis BCG during biofilm production shows genes differentially expressed during intercellular aggregation and substrate attachment

Abstract Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. smegmatis form drug-tolerant biofilms through dedicated genetic programs. In support of a stepwise process regulating biofilm production in mycobacteria, it was shown elsewhere that lsr2 participates in intercellular aggregation, while groEL1 was required f...

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Main Authors: Mario Alberto Flores-Valdez, Michel de Jesús Aceves-Sánchez, Eliza J. R. Peterson, Nitin Baliga, Jorge Bravo-Madrigal, Miguel Ángel De la Cruz-Villegas, Miguel A. Ares, Sarah Born, Martin Voskuil, Nayeli Areli Pérez-Padilla, Mirna Burciaga-Flores, Tanya Amanda Camacho-Villegas, María Guadalupe Espinoza-Jorge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69152-2