A spatiotemporal view of plasmid loss in biofilms and planktonic cultures.

Madsen, Jonas Stenløkke; Burmølle, Mette; Sørensen, Søren Johannes

Madsen, Jonas Stenløkke; Burmølle, Mette; Sørensen, Søren Johannes.

Affiliation

Madsen JS; Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Biotechnol Bioeng ; 110(12): 3071-4, 2013 Dec.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24014288

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

This Commentary by Madsen, Burmølle, and Sørensen discusses the article Non-invasive in situ monitoring and quantification of TOL plasmid segregational loss within Pseudomonas putida biofilms by Ma, Katzenmeyer, and Bryers. (2013. Biotechnol Bioeng. 110(11)2949-2958. DOI 10.1002/bit.24953).

Subject(s)

Biofilms/growth & development; Genomic Instability; Plasmids/analysis; Pseudomonas putida/genetics; Pseudomonas putida/physiology

Key words

biofilm; horizontal gene transfer; plasmid loss; plasmid stability; spatiotemporal patterns

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