The unusual cellulose utilization system of the aerobic soil bacterium Cytophaga hutchinsonii

Y Zhu, MJ McBride - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2017 - Springer
Cellulolytic microorganisms play important roles in global carbon cycling and have evolved
diverse strategies to digest cellulose. Some are 'generous,'releasing soluble sugars from …

Elizabethkingia anophelis: molecular manipulation and interactions with mosquito hosts

S Chen, M Bagdasarian, ED Walker - Applied and environmental …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Flavobacteria (members of the family Flavobacteriaceae) dominate the bacterial community
in the Anopheles mosquito midgut. One such commensal, Elizabethkingia anophelis, is …

Deletion of the Cytophaga hutchinsonii type IX secretion system gene sprP results in defects in gliding motility and cellulose utilization

Y Zhu, MJ McBride - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2014 - Springer
Cytophaga hutchinsonii glides rapidly over surfaces and employs a novel collection of cell-
associated proteins to digest crystalline cellulose. HimarEm1 transposon mutagenesis was …

Periplasmic Cytophaga hutchinsonii endoglucanases are required for use of crystalline cellulose as the sole source of carbon and energy

Y Zhu, L Han, KL Hefferon, NR Silvaggi… - Applied and …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
The soil bacterium Cytophaga hutchinsonii actively digests crystalline cellulose by a poorly
understood mechanism. Genome analyses identified nine genes predicted to encode …

Involvement of the type IX secretion system in Capnocytophaga ochracea gliding motility and biofilm formation

D Kita, S Shibata, Y Kikuchi, E Kokubu… - Applied and …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Capnocytophaga ochracea is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that demonstrates
gliding motility when cultured on solid agar surfaces. C. ochracea possesses the ability to …

FLP-FRT-Based Method To Obtain Unmarked Deletions of CHU_3237 (porU) and Large Genomic Fragments of Cytophaga hutchinsonii

Y Wang, Z Wang, J Cao, Z Guan… - Applied and Environmental …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cytophaga hutchinsonii is a widely distributed cellulolytic bacterium in the phylum
Bacteroidetes. It can digest crystalline cellulose rapidly without free cellulases or …

Cytophaga hutchinsonii gldN, Encoding a Core Component of the Type IX Secretion System, Is Essential for Ion Assimilation, Cellulose Degradation, and Cell Motility

L Gao, Z Guan, P Gao, W Zhang, Q Qi… - Applied and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The type IX secretion system (T9SS), which is involved in pathogenicity, motility, and
utilization of complex biopolymers, is a novel protein secretion system confined to the …

Cytophaga hutchinsonii SprA and SprT Are Essential Components of the Type IX Secretion System Required for Ca2+ Acquisition, Cellulose Degradation, and Cell …

L Gao, Y Tan, W Zhang, Q Qi, X Lu - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The type IX secretion system (T9SS) is a novel protein secretion system, which is found in
and confined to the phylum Bacteroidetes. T9SS is involved in the secretion of virulence …

Outer membrane proteins related to SusC and SusD are not required for Cytophaga hutchinsonii cellulose utilization

Y Zhu, KJ Kwiatkowski, T Yang, SS Kharade… - Applied microbiology …, 2015 - Springer
Cytophaga hutchinsonii, a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes, employs a novel collection
of cell-associated proteins to digest crystalline cellulose. Other Bacteroidetes rely on cell …

Effects of the histone-like protein HU on cellulose degradation and biofilm formation of Cytophaga hutchinsonii

Z Guan, Y Wang, L Gao, W Zhang, X Lu - Applied microbiology and …, 2018 - Springer
Cytophaga hutchinsonii, belonging to Bacteroidetes, is speculated to use a novel cell-
contact mode to digest cellulose. In this study, we identified a histone-like protein HU …