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Journal of Bacteriology, April 2006, p. 3116-3120, Vol. 188, No. 8
0021-9193/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.188.8.3116-3120.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Differential Biofilm Formation and Motility Associated with Lipopolysaccharide/Exopolysaccharide-Coupled Biosynthetic Genes in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Tzu-Pi Huang, Eileen B. Somers, and Amy C. Lee Wong*

Department of Food Microbiology and Toxicology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

Received 23 November 2005/ Accepted 3 February 2006

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia WR-C is capable of forming biofilm on polystyrene and glass. The lipopolysaccharide/exopolysaccharide-coupled biosynthetic genes rmlA, rmlC, and xanB are necessary for biofilm formation and twitching motility. Mutants with mutations in rmlAC and xanB display contrasting biofilm phenotypes on polystyrene and glass and differ in swimming motility.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Food Microbiology and Toxicology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1925 Willow Drive, Madison, WI 53706. Phone: (608) 263-1168. Fax: (608) 263-1114. E-mail: acwong{at}wisc.edu.

Journal of Bacteriology, April 2006, p. 3116-3120, Vol. 188, No. 8
0021-9193/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.188.8.3116-3120.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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