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Enhanced surface colonisation and competition during bacterial adaptation to a fungus

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    • Publisher Information:
      2024
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Bacterial-fungal interactions influence microbial community performance of most ecosystems and elicit specific microbial behaviours, including stimulating specialised metabolite production. Here, we use a co-culture experimental evolution approach to investigate bacterial adaptation to the presence of a fungus, using a simple model of bacterial-fungal interactions encompassing the bacterium Bacillus subtilis and the fungus Aspergillus niger. We find in one evolving population that B. subtilis was selected for enhanced production of the lipopeptide surfactin and accelerated surface spreading ability, leading to inhibition of fungal expansion and acidification of the environment. These phenotypes were explained by specific mutations in the DegS-DegU two-component system. In the presence of surfactin, fungal hyphae exhibited bulging cells with delocalised secretory vesicles possibly provoking an RlmA-dependent cell wall stress. Thus, our results indicate that the presence of the fungus selects for increased surfactin production, which inhibits fungal growth and facilitates the competitive success of the bacterium.
    • الموضوع:
      article
    • Note:
      application/pdf
      English
    • Other Numbers:
      EDN oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/b56ce0ad-6126-47fb-b16d-b95994a2c533
      1439390218
    • Contributing Source:
      TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE CTR DENMARK
      From OAIster®, provided by the OCLC Cooperative.
    • الرقم المعرف:
      edsoai.on1439390218
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