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Structurally diverse natural products that cause potassium leakage

trigger multicellularity in Bacillus subtilis : Article Review

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Structurally diverse natural products that cause potassium leakage

trigger multicellularity in Bacillus subtilis : Article Review

Biofilm formation of bacterial cells , or the ability of bacteria to aggregate in response to certain signaling factors , is a relatively new concept that gives researchers and other scientists an extra load of scientific works . These works are connected to the idea that scientific investigators find it

hard to establish facts that will clearly describe the event by which bacterial species , which were traditionally regarded to be solitary in nature , will begin to form communities . Myxobacteria streptomyces and other groups of bacteria with clinical or industrial importance have been found to form biofilms under special conditions (Lopez et al , 2009 . To further investigate this issue , the researchers studied Bacillus subtilis under varying nutritional and cultural conditions . They decided to grow B . subtilis on MSgg and LB and it was discovered that B . subtilis which were grown in minimal defined medium MSgg allowed biofilm formation while cells of the same species that were grown in complex medium of LB showed no biofilm formation . Hence researchers speculated that there might be a specific factor that is present in MSgg which has triggered the bacterial cells to aggregate

In order to investigate this event , the researchers exposed B . subtilis cells to a battery of compounds including polyene polyketide nystatin and filipin , and...