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  • Title: Beneficial biofilm formation by industrial bacteria Bacillus subtilis and related species.
    Author: Morikawa M.
    Journal: J Biosci Bioeng; 2006 Jan; 101(1):1-8. PubMed ID: 16503283.
    Abstract:
    Biofilms are densely packed multicellular communities of microorganisms attached to a surface or interface. Bacteria seem to initiate biofilm formation in response to specific environmental cues, such as nutrient and oxygen availability. Biofilms undergo dynamic changes during their transition from free-living organisms to sessile biofilm cells, including the specific production of secondary metabolites and a significant increase in the resistivity to biological, chemical, and physical assaults. Bacillus subtilis is an industrially important bacterium exhibiting developmental stages. It forms rough biofilms at the air-liquid interface rather than on the surface of a solid phase in a liquid, due to the aerotaxis of the cells. Biofilm formation by B. subtilis and related species permits the control of infection caused by plant pathogens, the reduction of mild steel corrosion, and the exploration of novel compounds. Although it is obviously important to control harmful biofilm formation, the exploitation of beneficial biofilms formed by such industrial bacteria may lead to a new biotechnology.
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