Serratia marcescens is a gram-negative bacterium that able to produce many secondary metabolites, such as the prominent red pigment prodigiosin (PG). In this work, ptrA -disrupted mutant strain with reduced PG production was selected from Tn 5 transposon mutants. RT–qPCR results indicated promoted elevated transcription of pig gene cluster in S. FZSF02. Furthermore, we found also controls sever...

Objectives/Goals I really enjoyed my project this year. In my project, I tested how temperature affected the pigmentation of four different bacteria. From my research, I knew that the bacterium Serratia marcescens alters its color at different temperatures, and I wanted to explore this. I also wanted to see if this applied to other pigmented bacteria. Methods/Materials My project consisted of q...