Holomycin, an Antibiotic Secondary Metabolite, Is Required for Biofilm Formation by the Native Producer Photobacterium galatheae S2753
Sheng‐Da Zhang(Technical University of Denmark), Thomas Isbrandt(Technical University of Denmark), Laura Louise Lindqvist(Technical University of Denmark), Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen(Technical University of Denmark), Lone Gram(Technical University of Denmark)
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Abstract
To unravel the contribution of the microbial metabolites to the development of marine microbial ecosystems, better insight into the function of these compounds in the producing organisms is needed. Our finding provides a model to pursue this and highlights the ecological importance of antibiotics to the fitness of the producing organisms.
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