1) What was the evolutionary significance of the wapH mutation? Do you think that the tests used proved this significance?
The evolutionary significance of the wapH mutation in P.putida, this mutation doesn’t have a specific adaptive response to physical environment change. But wapH mutation occurred when wild-type P.putida detach and leaves the biofilm due to oxygen concentration level falls below a threshold. As wild-type P.putida leaves the biofilm it leaves behind uncolonized zones surrounding each Acinetobacter colony. Physiological changes in derived P.putida becomes sticky causing it to associate with Acinetobacter instead of the glass surface. This leads to P.putida over runs Acinetobacter and the evolution rough edge P.putida resulting
The evolutionary significance of the wapH mutation in P.putida, this mutation doesn’t have a specific adaptive response to physical environment change. But wapH mutation occurred when wild-type P.putida detach and leaves the biofilm due to oxygen concentration level falls below a threshold. As wild-type P.putida leaves the biofilm it leaves behind uncolonized zones surrounding each Acinetobacter colony. Physiological changes in derived P.putida becomes sticky causing it to associate with Acinetobacter instead of the glass surface. This leads to P.putida over runs Acinetobacter and the evolution rough edge P.putida resulting