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American Society for Microbiology, Journal of Bacteriology, 18(186), p. 6327-6331, 2004

DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.18.6327-6331.2004

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Biofilm Mode of Growth of Streptococcus intermedius Favored by a Competence-Stimulating Signaling Peptide

Journal article published in 2004 by Fernanda C. Petersen ORCID, Daniele Pecharki, Anne A. Scheie
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Abstract

ABSTRACT Gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria use quorum sensing to coordinate population behavior. In several streptococci, quorum sensing mediated by competence-stimulating peptides (CSP) is associated with development of competence for transformation. We show here that a synthetic CSP favored the biofilm mode of growth of Streptococcus intermedius without affecting the rate of culture growth.