A spatiotemporal view of plasmid loss in biofilms and planktonic cultures

Jonas Stenløkke Madsen; Mette Burmølle; Søren Johannes Sørensen

doi:10.1002/bit.25109

A spatiotemporal view of plasmid loss in biofilms and planktonic cultures

Biotechnol Bioeng. 2013 Dec;110(12):3071-4. doi: 10.1002/bit.25109. Epub 2013 Sep 30.

Authors

Jonas Stenløkke Madsen¹, Mette Burmølle, Søren Johannes Sørensen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

PMID: 24014288
DOI: 10.1002/bit.25109

Abstract

This Commentary by Madsen, Burmølle, and Sørensen discusses the article Non-invasive in situ monitoring and quantification of TOL plasmid segregational loss within Pseudomonas putida biofilms by Ma, Katzenmeyer, and Bryers. (2013. Biotechnol Bioeng. 110(11):2949-2958. DOI: 10.1002/bit.24953).

Keywords: biofilm; horizontal gene transfer; plasmid loss; plasmid stability; spatiotemporal patterns.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Biofilms / growth & development*
Genomic Instability*
Plasmids / analysis*
Pseudomonas putida / genetics*
Pseudomonas putida / physiology*