Cell Distribution within Yeast Colonies and Colony Biofilms: How Structure Develops

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Plocek, V. - Váchová, Libuše - Šťovíček, V. - Palková, Z.
Cell Distribution within Yeast Colonies and Colony Biofilms: How Structure Develops.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Roč. 21, č. 11 (2020), č. článku 3873. E-ISSN 1422-0067
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GA19-11384S; GA MŠMT(CZ) ED1.1.00/02.0109
Institucionální podpora: RVO:61388971
Klíčová slova: yeast multicellular structures * colonies and biofilms * structure development
Obor OECD: Microbiology
Impakt faktor: 5.924, rok: 2020
Způsob publikování: Open access
https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/11/3873

Multicellular structures formed by yeasts and other microbes are valuable models for investigating the processes of cell-cell interaction and pattern formation, as well as cell signaling and differentiation. These processes are essential for the organization and development of diverse microbial communities that are important in everyday life. Two major types of multicellular structures are formed by yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae on semisolid agar. These are colonies formed by laboratory or domesticated strains and structured colony biofilms formed by wild strains. These structures differ in spatiotemporal organization and cellular differentiation. Using state-of-the-art microscopy and mutant analysis, we investigated the distribution of cells within colonies and colony biofilms and the involvement of specific processes therein. We show that prominent differences between colony and biofilm structure are determined during early stages of development and are associated with the different distribution of growing cells. Two distinct cell distribution patterns were identified-the zebra-type and the leopard-type, which are genetically determined. The role of Flo11p in cell adhesion and extracellular matrix production is essential for leopard-type distribution, because FLO11 deletion triggers the switch to zebra-type cell distribution. However, both types of cell organization are independent of cell budding polarity and cell separation as determined using respective mutants.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0310670