Lectins and polysaccharide EPS I have flow-responsive roles in the attachment and biofilm mechanics of plant pathogenic Ralstonia

• Mariama D. Carter,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Tuan M. Tran,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

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• Matthew L. Cope-Arguello,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Sofia Weinstein,

  Roles Investigation

  Current address: The Microbiome Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Hanlei Li,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Connor G. Hendrich,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Current address: Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Jessica L. Prom,

  Roles Investigation

  Current address: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Jiayu Li,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Lan Thanh Chu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

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• Loan Bui,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

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• Harishankar Manikantan,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Tiffany M. Lowe-Power,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Caitilyn Allen

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: callen@wisc.edu

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5805-8000

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