Contributions of tropodithietic acid and biofilm formation to the probiotic activity of Phaeobacter inhibens

• Main Authors: Zhao, Wenjing, Dao, Christine, Abd Karim, Murni Marlina, Gomez-Chiarri, Marta, Rowley, David, Nelson, David R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17539/1/17593.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17539/

Background: The probiotic bacterium Phaeobacter inhibens strain S4Sm, isolated from the inner shell surface of a healthy oyster, secretes the antibiotic tropodithietic acid (TDA), is an excellent biofilm former, and increases oyster larvae survival when challenged with bacterial pathogens. In this s...