Global assessment of small RNAs reveals a non-coding transcript involved in biofilm formation and attachment in Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 17978

This work has been funded by Projects PI12/00552 and PI15/00860 to GB, PI11/01034 to MP, CP13/00226 to AB, and P14/000059 to MP and AB, all integrated in the National Plan for Scientific Research, Development and Technological Innovation 2013-2016 and funded by the ISCIII - General Subdirection of Assessment and Promotion of the Research – European Regional Development Fund (FEDER)“A way of making Europe”. Miami University Research Funds from the department of Microbiology supported this work. We also want to thank the Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI RD12/0015/0014 to GB), co-financed by the European Development Regional Fund (EDRF)“A Way to Achieve Europe, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Subdireccio´n General de Redes y Centros de Investigacio´n Cooperativa, Ministerio de Economi´a y Competitividad as well as Sociedad Espanola de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologi´a Cli´nica (SEIMC). A.P. was financially supported by the Galician Plan for Research, Innovation and Growth (I2C Plan 2012-2016). J.A. Vallejo was financially supported by the Sara Borrell Programme (ISCIII, Spain CD13/00373). S. Rumbo-Feal was financially supported by the Agusti´Pumarola Grant (Societat Catalana de Malalties Infeccioses i Microbiologia Cli´nica, SCMIMC) and Sociedad Espanola de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologi´a Cli´nica (SEIMC).