Environmental cues and genes involved in establishment of the superinfective Pf4 phage of pseudomonas aeruginosa

• Main Authors: Hui, Janice G. K., Mai-Prochnow, Anne, Kjelleberg, Staffan, McDougald, Diane, Rice, Scott A.
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104637; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24678
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Biofilm development in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is in part dependent on a filamentous phage, Pf4, which contributes to biofilm maturation, cell death, dispersal and variant formation, e.g., small colony variants (SCVs). These biofilm phenotypes correlate with the conversion of the Pf4 phage into a sup...