Most microbial cells found in nature exist in matrix-covered, surface-attached communities known as biofilms. This mode of growth is initiated by the ability of the microbe to sense a …
Amongst the major types of archaeal filaments, several have been shown to closely resemble bacterial homologues of the Type IV pili (T4P). Within Sulfolobales, member …
JD Zuke, R Erickson, KR Hummels… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The first step in the process of bacterial natural transformation is DNA capture. Although long hypothesized based on genetics and functional experiments, the pilus structure responsible …
Bacteriophages put intense selective pressure on microbes, which must evolve diverse resistance mechanisms to survive continuous phage attacks. We used a library of …
Type IV pili are filamentous appendages found in most bacteria and archaea, where they can support functions such as surface adhesion, DNA uptake, aggregation, and motility. In …
Diverse bacterial species use type IVa pili (T4aP) to interact with their environments. The dynamic extension and retraction of T4aP is critical for their function, but the mechanisms …
D Dubnau - Journal of Bacteriology, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT JD Zuke, R. Erickson, KR Hummels, and BM Burton (J Bacteriol 205: e00156- 23, 2023, https://doi. org/10.1128/jb. 00156-23) have shown that transforming DNA is …
Retraction of the pathogenic Neisseria Type IV pilus (Tfp) requires PilT, the primary retraction motor, and its paralogs PilU and PilT2. The importance of Tfp retraction for natural …
L Liu, H Li, C Ma, J Liu, Y Zhang, D Xu… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
Dairy mastitis is one of the most common diseases in dairy farming, and the formation of pathogenic bacteria biofilms may be an important reason why traditional antibiotic therapy …