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Faleye OS, Sathiyamoorthi E, Lee JH, Lee J. Inhibitory Effects of Cinnamaldehyde Derivatives on Biofilm Formation and Virulence Factors in Vibrio Species. Pharmaceutics 2021; 13:pharmaceutics13122176. [PMID: 34959457 PMCID: PMC8708114 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13122176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is considered one of the most relevant pathogenic marine bacteria with a range of virulence factors to establish food-related gastrointestinal infections in humans. Cinnamaldehyde (CNMA) and some of its derivatives have antimicrobial and antivirulence activities against several bacterial pathogens. This study examined the inhibitory effects of CNMA and its derivatives on biofilm formation and the virulence factors in Vibrio species, particularly V. parahaemolyticus. CNMA and ten of its derivatives were initially screened against V. parahaemolyticus biofilm formation, and their effects on the production of virulence factors and gene expression were studied. Among the CNMA derivatives tested, 4-nitrocinnamaldehyde, 4-chlorocinnamaldehyde, and 4-bromocinnamaldehyde displayed antibacterial and antivirulence activities, while the backbone CNMA had weak effects. The derivatives could prevent the adhesion of V. parahaemolyticus to surfaces by the dose-dependent inhibition of cell surface hydrophobicity, fimbriae production, and flagella-mediated swimming and swarming phenotypes. They also decreased the protease secretion required for virulence and indole production, which could act as an important signal molecule. The expression of QS and biofilm-related genes (aphA, cpsA, luxS, and opaR), virulence genes (fliA, tdh, and vopS), and membrane integrity genes (fadL, and nusA) were downregulated in V. parahaemolyticus by these three CNMA analogs. Interestingly, they eliminated V. parahaemolyticus and reduced the background flora from the squid surface. In addition, they exhibited similar antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities against Vibrio harveyi. This study identified CNMA derivatives as potential broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents to treat biofilm-mediated Vibrio infections and for surface disinfection in food processing facilities.
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- Correspondence: (J.-H.L.); (J.L.); Tel.: +82-53-810-3812 (J.-H.L.); +82-53-810-2533 (J.L.); Fax: +82-53-810-4631 (J.-H.L. & J.L.)
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- Correspondence: (J.-H.L.); (J.L.); Tel.: +82-53-810-3812 (J.-H.L.); +82-53-810-2533 (J.L.); Fax: +82-53-810-4631 (J.-H.L. & J.L.)
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Surveying a Swarm: Experimental Techniques to Establish and Examine Bacterial Collective Motion. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 88:e0185321. [PMID: 34878816 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01853-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The survival and successful spread of many bacterial species hinges on their mode of motility. One of the most distinct of these is swarming, a collective form of motility where a dense consortium of bacteria employ flagella to propel themselves across a solid surface. Surface environments pose unique challenges, derived from higher surface friction/tension and insufficient hydration. Bacteria have adapted by deploying an array of mechanisms to overcome these challenges. Beyond allowing bacteria to colonize new terrain in the absence of bulk liquid, swarming also bestows faster speeds and enhanced antibiotic resistance to the collective. These crucial attributes contribute to the dissemination, and in some cases pathogenicity, of an array of bacteria. This mini-review highlights; 1) aspects of swarming motility that differentiates it from other methods of bacterial locomotion. 2) Facilitatory mechanisms deployed by diverse bacteria to overcome different surface challenges. 3) The (often difficult) approaches required to cultivate genuine swarmers. 4) The methods available to observe and assess the various facets of this collective motion, as well as the features exhibited by the population as a whole.
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Sathiyamoorthi E, Faleye OS, Lee JH, Raj V, Lee J. Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Activities of Chloroindoles Against Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:714371. [PMID: 34408739 PMCID: PMC8365150 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.714371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a food-borne pathogen recognized as the prominent cause of seafood-borne gastroenteritis globally, necessitating novel therapeutic strategies. This study examined the antimicrobial and antivirulence properties of indole and 16 halogenated indoles on V. parahaemolyticus. Among them, 4-chloroindole, 7-chloroindole, 4-iodoindole, and 7-iodoindole effectively inhibited planktonic cell growth, biofilm formation, bacterial motility, fimbrial activity, hydrophobicity, protease activity, and indole production. Specifically, 4-chloroindole at 20 μg/mL inhibited more than 80% of biofilm formation with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 50 μg/mL against V. parahaemolyticus and Vibrio harveyi. In contrast, 7-chloroindole inhibited biofilm formation without affecting planktonic cell growth with a MIC of 200 μg/mL. Both chlorinated indoles caused visible damage to the cell membrane, and 4-chloroindole at 100 μg/mL had a bactericidal effect on V. parahaemolyticus within 30 min treatment, which is superior to the effect of tetracycline at the same dose. The quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) analyses revealed that chloro and bromo at positions 4 or 5 of the indole are essential for eradicating the growth of V. parahaemolyticus. These results suggest that halogenated indoles have potential use in antimicrobial and antivirulence strategies against Vibrio species.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, South Korea
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A Trigger Phosphodiesterase Modulates the Global c-di-GMP Pool, Motility, and Biofilm Formation in Vibrio parahaemolyticus. J Bacteriol 2021; 203:e0004621. [PMID: 33846117 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00046-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus cells transit from free-swimming to surface adapted lifestyles, such as swarming colonies and three-dimensional biofilms. These transitions are regulated by sensory modules and regulatory networks that involve the second messenger cyclic diguanylate monophosphate (c-di-GMP). In this work, we show that a previously uncharacterized c-di-GMP phosphodiesterase (VP1881) from V. parahaemolyticus plays an important role in modulating the c-di-GMP pool. We found that the product of VP1881 promotes its own expression when the levels of c-di-GMP are low or when the phosphodiesterase (PDE) is catalytically inactive. This behavior has been observed in a class of c-di-GMP receptors called trigger phosphodiesterases, and hence we named the product of VP1881 TpdA, for trigger phosphodiesterase A. The absence of tpdA showed a negative effect on swimming motility while, its overexpression from an isopropyl-β-d-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG)-inducible promoter showed a positive effect on both swimming and swarming motility and a negative effect on biofilm formation. Changes in TpdA abundance altered the expression of representative polar and lateral flagellar genes, as well as that of the biofilm-related gene cpsA. Our results also revealed that autoactivation of the native PtpdA promoter is sufficient to alter c-di-GMP signaling responses such as swarming and biofilm formation in V. parahaemolyticus, an observation that could have important implications in the dynamics of these social behaviors. IMPORTANCE c-di-GMP trigger phosphodiesterases (PDEs) could play a key role in controlling the heterogeneity of biofilm matrix composition, a property that endows characteristics that are potentially relevant for sustaining integrity and functionality of biofilms in a variety of natural environments. Trigger PDEs are not always easy to identify based on their sequence, and hence not many examples of these type of signaling proteins have been reported in the literature. Here, we report on the identification of a novel trigger PDE in V. parahaemolyticus and provide evidence suggesting that its autoactivation could play an important role in the progression of swarming motility and biofilm formation, multicellular behaviors that are important for the survival and dissemination of this environmental pathogen.
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Arroyo-Pérez EE, Ringgaard S. Interdependent Polar Localization of FlhF and FlhG and Their Importance for Flagellum Formation of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:655239. [PMID: 33815347 PMCID: PMC8009987 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.655239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Failure of the cell to properly regulate the number and intracellular positioning of their flagella, has detrimental effects on the cells’ swimming ability. The flagellation pattern of numerous bacteria is regulated by the NTPases FlhF and FlhG. In general, FlhG controls the number of flagella produced, whereas FlhF coordinates the position of the flagella. In the human pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus, its single flagellum is positioned and formed at the old cell pole. Here, we describe the spatiotemporal localization of FlhF and FlhG in V. parahaemolyticus and their effect on swimming motility. Absence of either FlhF or FlhG caused a significant defect in swimming ability, resulting in absence of flagella in a ΔflhF mutant and an aberrant flagellated phenotype in ΔflhG. Both proteins localized to the cell pole in a cell cycle-dependent manner, but displayed different patterns of localization throughout the cell cycle. FlhF transitioned from a uni- to bi-polar localization, as observed in other polarly flagellated bacteria. Localization of FlhG was strictly dependent on the cell pole-determinant HubP, while polar localization of FlhF was HubP independent. Furthermore, localization of FlhF and FlhG was interdependent and required for each other’s proper intracellular localization and recruitment to the cell pole. In the absence of HubP or FlhF, FlhG forms non-polar foci in the cytoplasm of the cell, suggesting the possibility of a secondary localization site within the cell besides its recruitment to the cell poles.
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- Erick Eligio Arroyo-Pérez
- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany.,Department of Biology I, Microbiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Biology I, Microbiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Vences-Guzmán MÁ, Peña-Miller R, Hidalgo-Aguilar NA, Vences-Guzmán ML, Guan Z, Sohlenkamp C. Identification of the Flavobacterium johnsoniae cysteate-fatty acyl transferase required for capnine synthesis and for efficient gliding motility. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:2448-2460. [PMID: 33626217 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 02/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sulfonolipids (SLs) are bacterial lipids that are structurally related to sphingolipids. Synthesis of this group of lipids seems to be mainly restricted to Flavobacterium, Cytophaga and other members of the phylum Bacteroidetes. These lipids have a wide range of biological activities: they can induce multicellularity in choanoflagellates, act as von Willebrand factor receptor antagonists, inhibit DNA polymerase, or function as tumour suppressing agents. In Flavobacterium johnsoniae, their presence seems to be required for efficient gliding motility. Until now, no genes/enzymes involved in SL synthesis have been identified, which has been limiting for the study of some of the biological effects these lipids have. Here, we describe the identification of the cysteate-fatty acyl transferase Fjoh_2419 required for synthesis of the SL precursor capnine in F. johnsoniae. This enzyme belongs to the α-oxoamine synthase family similar to serine palmitoyl transferases, 2-amino-3-oxobutyrate coenzyme A ligase and 8-amino-7-oxononanoate synthases. Expression of the gene fjoh_2419 in Escherichia coli caused the formation of a capnine-derived molecule. Flavobacterium johnsoniae mutants deficient in fjoh_2419 lacked SLs and were more sensitive to many antibiotics. Mutant growth was not affected in liquid medium but the cells exhibited defects in gliding motility.
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- Miguel Ángel Vences-Guzmán
- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad s/n, Apdo. Postal 565-A, Cuernavaca, Morelos, CP62210, Mexico
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad s/n, Apdo. Postal 565-A, Cuernavaca, Morelos, CP62210, Mexico
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad s/n, Apdo. Postal 565-A, Cuernavaca, Morelos, CP62210, Mexico
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad s/n, Apdo. Postal 565-A, Cuernavaca, Morelos, CP62210, Mexico
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad s/n, Apdo. Postal 565-A, Cuernavaca, Morelos, CP62210, Mexico
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Freitas C, Glatter T, Ringgaard S. The release of a distinct cell type from swarm colonies facilitates dissemination of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the environment. ISME JOURNAL 2019; 14:230-244. [PMID: 31624347 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-019-0521-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 08/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Bacteria experience changes in their environment and have developed various strategies to respond accordingly. To accommodate environmental changes, certain bacteria differentiate between specialized cell types. Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a marine bacterium, a worldwide human pathogen and the leading agent of seafood-borne gastroenteritis. It exists as swimmer or swarmer cells, specialized for life in liquid and on solid environments, respectively. Swarmer cells are characteristically highly elongated-a morphology important for swarming behavior. When attached to surfaces it forms swarm colonies, however, it is not known how cells within swarming populations respond to changes in the external milieu and how its distinct life cycle influences its ecological dissemination. The worldwide distribution of V. parahaemolyticus accentuates the need for understanding the factors contributing to its dissemination. Here we determine the stage-wise development of swarm colonies and show how the swarm colony architecture fluctuates with changing environmental conditions. Swarm colonies act as a continuous source of cells that are released from the swarm colony into the environment. Surprisingly, the cell length distribution of released cells was very homogenous and almost no long cells were detected, indicating that swarmer cells are not released into the liquid environment but stay surface attached during flooding. Released cells comprise a distinct cell type that is morphologically optimized for swimming behavior and is capable of spreading in the liquid environment and attach to new surfaces. Release of this distinct cell type facilitates the dissemination of V. parahaemolyticus in the environment and likely influences the ecology of this bacterium.
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- Carolina Freitas
- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Core Facility for Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043, Marburg, Germany.
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Ringgaard S, Yang W, Alvarado A, Schirner K, Briegel A. Chemotaxis arrays in Vibrio species and their intracellular positioning by the ParC/ParP system. J Bacteriol 2018; 200:e00793-17. [PMID: 29531180 PMCID: PMC6040185 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00793-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Most motile bacteria are able to bias their movement towards more favorable environments or to escape from obnoxious substances by a process called chemotaxis. Chemotaxis depends on a chemosensory system that is able to sense specific environmental signals and generate a behavioral response. Typically, the signal is transmitted to the bacterial flagellum, ultimately regulating the swimming behavior of individual cells. Chemotaxis is mediated by proteins that assemble into large, highly ordered arrays. It is imperative for successful chemotactic behavior and cellular competitiveness that chemosensory arrays form and localize properly within the cell. Here we review how chemotaxis arrays form and localize in Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus We focus on how the ParC/ParP-system mediates cell cycle-dependent polar localization of chemotaxis arrays and thus ensures proper cell pole development and array inheritance upon cell division.
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- Simon Ringgaard
- Departmet of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Departmet of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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Alvarado A, Kjær A, Yang W, Mann P, Briegel A, Waldor MK, Ringgaard S. Coupling chemosensory array formation and localization. eLife 2017; 6:31058. [PMID: 29058677 PMCID: PMC5706961 DOI: 10.7554/elife.31058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Chemotaxis proteins organize into large, highly ordered, chemotactic signaling arrays, which in Vibrio species are found at the cell pole. Proper localization of signaling arrays is mediated by ParP, which tethers arrays to a cell pole anchor, ParC. Here we show that ParP’s C-terminus integrates into the core-unit of signaling arrays through interactions with MCP-proteins and CheA. Its intercalation within core-units stimulates array formation, whereas its N-terminal interaction domain enables polar recruitment of arrays and facilitates its own polar localization. Linkage of these domains within ParP couples array formation and localization and results in controlled array positioning at the cell pole. Notably, ParP’s integration into arrays modifies its own and ParC’s subcellular localization dynamics, promoting their polar retention. ParP serves as a critical nexus that regulates the localization dynamics of its network constituents and drives the localized assembly and stability of the chemotactic machinery, resulting in proper cell pole development. Many bacteria live in a liquid environment and explore their surroundings by swimming. When in search of food, bacteria are able to swim toward the highest concentration of food molecules in the environment by a process called chemotaxis. Proteins important for chemotaxis group together in large networks called chemotaxis arrays. In the bacterium Vibrio cholerae chemotaxis arrays are placed at opposite ends (at the “cell poles”) of the bacterium by a protein called ParP. This makes sure that when the bacterium divides, each new cell receives a chemotaxis array and can immediately search for food. In cells that lack ParP, the chemotaxis arrays are no longer placed correctly at the cell poles and the bacteria search for food much less effectively. To understand how ParP is able to direct chemotaxis arrays to the cell poles in V. cholerae Alvarado et al. searched for partner proteins that could help ParP position the arrays. The search revealed that ParP interacts with other proteins in the chemotaxis arrays. This enables ParP to integrate into the arrays and stimulate new arrays to form. Alvarado et al. also discovered that ParP consists of two separate parts that have different roles. One part directs ParP to the cell pole while the other part integrates ParP into the arrays. By performing both of these roles, ParP links the positioning of the arrays at the cell pole to their formation at this site. The findings presented by Alvarado et al. open many further questions. For instance, it is not understood how ParP affects how other chemotaxis proteins within the arrays interact with each other. As well as enabling many species of bacteria to spread through their environment, chemotaxis is also important for the disease-causing properties of many human pathogens – like V. cholerae. As a result, learning how chemotaxis is regulated could potentially identify new ways to stop the spread of infectious bacteria and prevent human infections.
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- Alejandra Alvarado
- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.,Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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