Phage-mediated Dispersal of Biofilm and Distribution of Bacterial Virulence Genes Is Induced by Quorum Sensing

Friederike S. Rossmann; Tomas Racek; Dominique Wobser; Jacek Puchalka; Elaine M. Rabener; Matthias Reiger; Antoni P. A. Hendrickx; Ann-Kristin Diederich; Kirsten Jung; Christoph Klein; Johannes Huebner

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004653

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Phage-mediated Dispersal of Biofilm and Distribution of Bacterial Virulence Genes Is Induced by Quorum Sensing

Friederike S. Rossmann,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany, Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children´s Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Tomas Racek,

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children´s Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partnersite Munich, Munich, Germany
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Dominique Wobser,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany
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Jacek Puchalka,

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children´s Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partnersite Munich, Munich, Germany
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Elaine M. Rabener,

Affiliation Department of Biology I, Microbiology, Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Matthias Reiger,

Affiliation Department of Biology I, Microbiology, Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Antoni P. A. Hendrickx,

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Ann-Kristin Diederich,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany, Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children´s Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Kirsten Jung,

Affiliation Department of Biology I, Microbiology, Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Christoph Klein,

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children´s Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partnersite Munich, Munich, Germany
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Johannes Huebner

* E-mail: johannes.huebner@med.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany, Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children´s Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partnersite Munich, Munich, Germany
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Phage-mediated Dispersal of Biofilm and Distribution of Bacterial Virulence Genes Is Induced by Quorum Sensing

Friederike S. Rossmann,
Tomas Racek,
Dominique Wobser,
Jacek Puchalka,
Elaine M. Rabener,
Matthias Reiger,
Antoni P. A. Hendrickx,
Ann-Kristin Diederich,
Kirsten Jung,
Christoph Klein

Published: February 23, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004653

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