Biofilm and bacterial membrane vesicles: recent advances

V Puca, B Marinacci, B Pellegrini… - Expert Opinion on …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Bacterial Membrane Vesicles (MVs) play important roles in cell-to-
cell communication and transport of several molecules. Such structures are essential …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial extracellular vesicle: A non-negligible component in biofilm life cycle and challenges in biofilm treatments

N Chen, Y Li, X Liang, K Qin, Y Zhang, J Wang, Q Wu… - Biofilm, 2024 - Elsevier
Bacterial biofilms, especially that are formed by pathogens, have been increasingly
impacting human health. Bacterial extracellular vesicle (bEV), a kind of spherical …

Membrane vesicles released by Lacticaseibacillus casei BL23 inhibit the biofilm formation of Salmonella Enteritidis

D da Silva Barreira, J Laurent, J Lourenço… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Biofilms represent a major concern in the food industry and healthcare. The use of probiotic
bacteria and their derivatives as an alternative to conventional treatments to fight biofilm …

RNA-seq reveals multifaceted gene expression response to Fab production in Escherichia coli fed-batch processes with particular focus on ribosome stalling

S Vazulka, M Schiavinato, C Tauer… - Microbial Cell …, 2024 - Springer
Background Escherichia coli is a cost-effective expression system for production of antibody
fragments like Fabs. Various yield improvement strategies have been applied, however …

Variability of extracellular vesicle release during storage of red blood cell concentrates is associated with differential membrane alterations, including loss of …

M Ghodsi, AS Cloos, N Mozaheb… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Transfusion of red blood cell concentrates is the most common medical procedure to treat
anaemia. However, their storage is associated with development of storage lesions …

Insight into the outer membrane asymmetry of P. aeruginosa and the role of MlaA in modulating the lipidic composition, mechanical, biophysical, and functional …

M Kaur, N Mozaheb, TO Paiva, MF Herent… - Microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
In Gram-negative bacteria, the outer membrane (OM) is asymmetric, with
lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in the outer leaflet and glycerophospholipids (GPLs) in the inner …

The Properties of Linezolid, Rifampicin, and Vancomycin, as Well as the Mechanism of Action of Pentamidine, Determine Their Synergy against Gram-Negative …

M Tang, D Zhao, S Liu, X Zhang, Z Yao… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Combining pentamidine with Gram-positive-targeting antibiotics has been proven to be a
promising strategy for treating infections from Gram-negative bacteria (GNB). However …

Membrane fluidity homeostasis is required for tobramycin-enhanced biofilm in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

A David, A Tahrioui, R Duchesne, AS Tareau… - Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen, which causes chronic infections,
especially in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients where it colonizes the lungs via the build-up of …

A mildly acidic environment alters Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence and causes remodeling of the bacterial surface

N Mozaheb, P Rasouli, M Kaur… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a versatile pathogen that resists environmental stress, such as
suboptimal pH. As a result of exposure to environmental stress, P. aeruginosa shows an …

Horizontal gene transfer and beyond: the delivery of biological matter by bacterial membrane vesicles to host and bacterial cells

AX Wen, C Herman - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2024 - Elsevier
Membrane vesicles (MVs) are produced in all domains of life. In eukaryotes, extracellular
vesicles have been shown to mediate the horizontal transfer of biological material between …