Biofilm dispersal for spore release in Bacillus subtilis

Ákos T. Kovács; Nicola R. Stanley-Wall

doi:10.1128/JB.00192-21

Biofilm dispersal for spore release in Bacillus subtilis

Ákos T. Kovács^*, Nicola R. Stanley-Wall

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Abstract

The dispersal of bacterial cells from a matured biofilm can be mediated either by active or passive mechanisms. In this issue of the Journal of Bacteriology, Nishikawa and Kobayashi demonstrate that the presence of calcium influences dispersal of spores from the pellicle biofilm of Bacillus subtilis The authors propose that temporal heterogeneity in matrix production and chelation of calcium by dipicolinic acid in spores weakens the biofilm matrix and causes passive dispersal.

Original language	English
Article number	e00192-21
Journal	Journal of Bacteriology
Volume	23
Issue number	14
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0021-9193
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00192-21
Publication status	Published - 2021

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Bacillus subtilis
Biofilm
Dispersal
Spore
Development

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