Biofilm formation in Archaea
We studied how different Sulfolobus species form biofilms, how these are build and which components build their matrix. Moreover, we identified archaea specific regulators, the Lrs14 familiy, which are involved in the regulation of pathways that lead to biofilm formation such as EPS production. The different show different phenotypes in biofilm with S. acidocaldarius showing the highest production of EPS during biofilm growth. AbfR1 was one of the regulators which were identi