FLO11-based model for air-liquid interfacial biofilm formation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

TitleFLO11-based model for air-liquid interfacial biofilm formation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2005
AuthorsZara, S, Bakalinsky, AT, Zara, G, Pirino, G, Demontis, MAntonietta, Budroni, M
JournalAppl Environ Microbiol
Volume71
Issue6
Pagination2934-9
Date Published2005 Jun
ISSN0099-2240
KeywordsAir, Biofilms, Culture Media, Ethanol, Fermentation, Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions, Industrial Microbiology, Membrane Glycoproteins, Membrane Proteins, Models, Biological, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Surface Properties, Wine
Abstract

Sardinian wine strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae used to make sherry-like wines form a biofilm at the air-liquid interface at the end of ethanolic fermentation, when grape sugar is depleted and further growth becomes dependent on access to oxygen. Here, we show that FLO11, which encodes a hydrophobic cell wall glycoprotein, is required for the air-liquid interfacial biofilm and that biofilm cells have a buoyant density greater than the suspending medium. We propose a model for biofilm formation based on an increase in cell surface hydrophobicity occurring at the diauxic shift. This increase leads to formation of multicellular aggregates that effectively entrap carbon dioxide, providing buoyancy. A visible biofilm appears when a sufficient number of hydrophobic cell aggregates are carried to and grow on the liquid surface.

DOI10.1128/AEM.71.6.2934-2939.2005
Alternate JournalAppl. Environ. Microbiol.
PubMed ID15932987
PubMed Central IDPMC1151800