Composition and functions of bacterial membrane vesicles

M Toyofuku, S Schild, M Kaparakis-Liaskos… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Extracellular vesicles are produced by species across all domains of life, suggesting that
vesiculation represents a fundamental principle of living matter. In Gram-negative bacteria …

Extracellular vesicle analysis

A Hendrix, L Lippens, C Pinheiro, C Théry… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cells release small, phospholipid membrane-enclosed particles, collectively referred to as
extracellular vesicles (EVs), into their surroundings to enable intercellular communication …

A compendium of single extracellular vesicle flow cytometry

JA Welsh, GJA Arkesteijn, M Bremer… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Flow cytometry (FCM) offers a multiparametric technology capable of characterizing single
extracellular vesicles (EVs). However, most flow cytometers are designed to detect cells …

Types and origins of bacterial membrane vesicles

M Toyofuku, N Nomura, L Eberl - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Most bacteria release membrane vesicles (MVs) that contain specific cargo molecules and
have diverse functions, including the transport of virulence factors, DNA transfer, interception …

Metallo-β-lactamases in the age of multidrug resistance: from structure and mechanism to evolution, dissemination, and inhibitor design

G Bahr, LJ Gonzalez, AJ Vila - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the major problems in current practical medicine. The
spread of genes coding for resistance determinants among bacteria challenges the use of …

Biofilms: hot spots of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in aquatic environments, with a focus on a new HGT mechanism

K Abe, N Nomura, S Suzuki - FEMS microbiology ecology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Biofilms in water environments are thought to be hot spots for horizontal gene transfer (HGT)
of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). ARGs can be spread via HGT, though mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial extracellular vesicles as bioactive nanocarriers for drug delivery: Advances and perspectives

H Liu, Q Zhang, S Wang, W Weng, Y Jing, J Su - Bioactive Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanosized extracellular vesicles derived from bacteria contain diverse cargo and transfer
intercellular bioactive molecules to cells. Due to their favorable intercellular interactions, cell …

Extracellular membrane vesicles in the three domains of life and beyond

S Gill, R Catchpole, P Forterre - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Cells from all three domains of life, Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya, produce extracellular
vesicles (EVs) which are sometimes associated with filamentous structures known as …

Outer-membrane vesicles from Gram-negative bacteria: biogenesis and functions

C Schwechheimer, MJ Kuehn - Nature reviews microbiology, 2015 - nature.com
Outer-membrane vesicles (OMVs) are spherical buds of the outer membrane filled with
periplasmic content and are commonly produced by Gram-negative bacteria. The production …

Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) of gram-negative bacteria: a perspective update

AT Jan - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Outer Membrane Vesicles (OMVs) of Gram-negative bacteria are spherical membrane-
enclosed entities of endocytic origin. Reported in the consortia of different bacterial species …