Marine Biofilm Bacteria Evade Eukaryotic Predation by Targeted Chemical Defense

Carsten Matz; Jeremy S. Webb; Peter J. Schupp; Shui Yen Phang; Anahit Penesyan; Suhelen Egan; Peter Steinberg; Staffan Kjelleberg

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002744

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Marine Biofilm Bacteria Evade Eukaryotic Predation by Targeted Chemical Defense

Carsten Matz ,

* E-mail: carsten.matz@helmholtz-hzi.de

Affiliations School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences and Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Division of Cell and Immune Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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Jeremy S. Webb,

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Peter J. Schupp,

Affiliation Marine Laboratory, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, United States of America
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Shui Yen Phang,

Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences and Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Anahit Penesyan,

Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences and Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Suhelen Egan,

Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences and Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Peter Steinberg,

Affiliation School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Staffan Kjelleberg

Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences and Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Marine Biofilm Bacteria Evade Eukaryotic Predation by Targeted Chemical Defense

Carsten Matz,
Jeremy S. Webb,
Peter J. Schupp,
Shui Yen Phang,
Anahit Penesyan,
Suhelen Egan,
Peter Steinberg,
Staffan Kjelleberg

Published: July 23, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002744

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Nice paper

Posted by dsher on 22 Jan 2009 at 02:23 GMT

I enjoyed reading it. The one flaw I noticed is that the comparison between the "palatability" of the planktonic and biofilm bacteria is not performed on the same predator, so that one cannot really be sure that the comparison is really between the two life forms rather than the two predators. I wonder whether there is a good "common" grazer that works for both biofilms and planktonic bacteria. Alternatively, perhaps the biofilm could be physically dissociated into planktonic bacteria and presented to the filter feeding grazer?

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Nice paper

Posted by dsher on 22 Jan 2009 at 02:23 GMT