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Catabolite Repression of Escherichia coli Biofilm Formation

Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas 76107-2699

Received 12 December 2001/ Accepted 24 March 2002

Biofilm formation was repressed by glucose in several species of Enterobacteriaceae. In Escherichia coli, this effect was mediated at least in part by cyclic AMP (cAMP)-cAMP receptor protein. A temporal role for cAMP in biofilm development was indicated by the finding that glucose addition after 24 h failed to repress and generally activated biofilm formation.

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