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Biofilm formation and amyloid production leads to ecological fitness in marine Bacillus in warmer environmental settings [post]

Rajitha K, Nancharaiah Yarlagadda, Venugopalan Vayalam
2020 unpublished

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Microorganisms that support higher trophic life forms are given a central place in global climate change biology. However, the impact of temperature rise on biofilms, dominant microbial life style in aquatic environments is still unclear. Here, we investigated the impact of temperature rise in the context of power plant cooling seawater system on ecological fitness of marine Bacillus. Our results showed that biofilm formation was significantly increased at 37 -45°C as compared to ambient
more » ... r temperature of 30°C. This was supported by increased production of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and amyloid in warmer waters. Amyloid, an important structural component in the EPS matrix of Bacillus biofilms, in turn altered the colony characteristics such as morphology, roughness and wetting behaviour facilitating fitness. We hypothesize that biofilm formation and amyloid production is a survival strategy for ecological fitness in marine Bacillus for thriving in the warmer environmental settings. Hosted file Cover Letter.pdf available at https
doi:10.22541/au.160519690.05166235/v1 fatcat:q3dvl57hl5dplk4cdmf5czaafy
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Rajitha K, Nancharaiah Yarlagadda, Venugopalan Vayalam. "Biofilm formation and amyloid production leads to ecological fitness in marine Bacillus in warmer environmental settings." (2020)