Iridescent marine Tenacibaculum
from the Clinging Jellyfish
PI: Andrew Wier, Ph.D.
Student: Morgan Kelly
Goals:
To understand why specific bacteria
colonize invertebrate hosts and the role
of these epibiotic bacteria on their
invertebrate hosts
Present research at 7th Beneficial Host
Microbe Conference in Madison,
Wisconsin
Research Foci:
• What genes are involved in gliding
motility and iridescence in
Tenaciaculum?
• Do gliding motility and iridescence
mutants prevent host colonization?
