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Journal of Bacteriology, September 2008, p. 6030-6034, Vol. 190, No. 17
0021-9193/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00155-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Loss of Flagellum-Based Motility by Listeria monocytogenes Results in Formation of Hyperbiofilms{triangledown}

Tatsaporn Todhanakasem1,2 and Glenn M. Young1*

Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California,1 School of Biotechnology, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand2

Received 30 January 2008/ Accepted 16 June 2008

Biofilm formation by the gram-positive, motile, food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes was demonstrated to occur by an ordered series of stages. Biofilm development involves flagellum-based motility, which when blocked decreases initial bacterial surface attachment but subsequently leads to the formation of hyperbiofilms, surface-attached communities reaching high density.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Food Sciences and Technology, Cruess Hall, Davis, CA 95616. Phone: (530) 754-5292. Fax: (530) 752-4759. E-mail: gmyoung{at}ucdavis.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 27 June 2008.

Journal of Bacteriology, September 2008, p. 6030-6034, Vol. 190, No. 17
0021-9193/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00155-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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