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Article Dans Une Revue PLoS ONE Année : 2011

Subinhibitory Arsenite Concentrations Lead to Population Dispersal in Thiomonas sp.

Marie Marchal
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Romain Briandet
David Halter
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Sandrine Koechler
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Marie-Claire Lett
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Philippe N Bertin
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Biofilms represent the most common microbial lifestyle, allowing the survival of microbial populations exposed to harsh environmental conditions. Here, we show that the biofilm development of a bacterial species belonging to the Thiomonas genus, frequently found in arsenic polluted sites and playing a key role in arsenic natural remediation, is markedly modified when exposed to subinhibitory doses of this toxic element. Indeed, arsenite [As(III)] exposure led to a considerable impact on biofilm maturation by strongly increasing the extracellular matrix synthesis and by promoting significant cell death and lysis within microcolonies. These events were followed by the development of complex 3D-biofilm structures and subsequently by the dispersal of remobilized cells observed inside the previously formed hollow voids. Our results demonstrate that this biofilm community responds to arsenite stress in a multimodal way, enhancing both survival and dispersal. Addressing this complex bacterial response to As(III) stress, which might be used by other microorganisms under various adverse conditions, may be essential to understand how Thiomonas strains persist in extreme environments.
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hal-00619401 , version 1 (29-05-2020)

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Marie Marchal, Romain Briandet, David Halter, Sandrine Koechler, Michael S Dubow, et al.. Subinhibitory Arsenite Concentrations Lead to Population Dispersal in Thiomonas sp.. PLoS ONE, 2011, 6 (8), pp.e23181. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0023181⟩. ⟨hal-00619401⟩
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