Matrix Production, Pigment Synthesis, and Sporulation in a Marine Isolated Strain of Bacillus pumilus

The ability to produce an extracellular matrix and form multicellular communities is an adaptive behavior shared by many bacteria. In Bacillus subtilis, the model system for spore-forming bacteria, matrix production is one of the possible differentiation pathways that a cell can follow when vegetati...

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Main Authors: Blanda Di Luccia, Antonio Riccio, Adele Vanacore, Loredana Baccigalupi, Antonio Molinaro, Ezio Ricca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-10-01
Series:Marine Drugs
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/13/10/6472