Fig. 2.

B. subtilis lacking biofilm components, (A) TasA or (B) EPS are unable to grow on the A. niger hyphae, while strains lacking (C) the production of hydrophobin, BslA or (D) motility established stable colonization on the mycelia. GFC: green fluorescent channel; RFC: red fluorescent channel. Scale bars indicate 20 μm. The images presented are representative examples selected from independent samples repeated on different days. (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)