Modulation of Metabolism and Switching to Biofilm Prevail over Exopolysaccharide Production in the Response of Rhizobium alamii to Cadmium

Heavy metals such as cadmium (Cd2+) affect microbial metabolic processes. Consequently, bacteria adapt by adjusting their cellular machinery. We have investigated the dose-dependent growth effects of Cd2+ on Rhizobium alamii, an exopolysaccharide (EPS)-producing bacterium that forms a biofilm on pla...

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Main Authors: Schue, Mathieu, Fekete, Agnes, Ortet, Philippe, Brutesco, Catherine, Heulin, Thierry, Schmitt-Kopplin, Philippe, Achouak, Wafa, Santaella, Catherine
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3212527/