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Abstract

An important link between the environment and the physiological state of bacteria is the regulation of the transcription of a large number of genes by global transcription factors. One of the global regulators, Fis (actor for nversion timulation), is well studied in , but the role of this protein in pseudomonads has only been examined briefly. According to studies in , Fis regulates positively the flagellar movement of bacteria. In pseudomonads, flagellar movement is an important trait for the colonization of plant roots. Therefore we were interested in the role of the Fis protein in , especially the possible regulation of the colonization of plant roots. We observed that Fis reduced the migration of onto the apices of barley roots and thereby the competitiveness of bacteria on the roots. Moreover, we observed that overexpression of Fis drastically reduced swimming motility and facilitated biofilm formation, which could be the reason for the decreased migration of bacteria onto the root apices. It is possible that the elevated expression of Fis is important in the adaptation of during colonization of plant roots by promoting biofilm formation when the migration of bacteria is no longer favoured.

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