Biofilms are the dominant bacterial lifestyle. The regulation of the formation and dispersal of
bacterial biofilms has been the subject of study in many organisms. Over the last two …

Bacteria have evolved several secretion strategies for polling and responding to
environmental flux and insult. Of these, the type 1 secretion system (T1SS) is known to …

Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of the disease cholera, is responsible for multiple
pandemics. V. cholerae binds to and colonizes the gastrointestinal tract within the human …

Engineered living materials have the potential for wide-ranging applications such as
biosensing and treatment of diseases. Programmable cells provide the functional basis for …

Biofilms play an important role in the development and pathogenesis of catheter-associated
urinary tract infection (CAUTI). Proteus mirabilis and Enterococcus faecalis are common …

Gram-negative bacteria produce repeats-in-toxin adhesion proteins (RTX adhesins) to
facilitate microbial adhesion. These large, multidomain proteins share a common …

Many pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria use repeats-in-toxin adhesins for colonization and
biofilm formation. In the cholera agent Vibrio cholerae, flagellar-regulated hemagglutinin A …

Type I secretion systems (T1SS) are versatile molecular machines for protein transport
across the Gram-negative cell envelope. The archetypal Type I system mediates secretion of …

Carbohydrate recognition by lectins governs critical host-microbe interactions. Mp PA14
(Marinomonas primoryensis PA14 domain) lectin is a domain of a 1.5-MDa adhesin …

Ice-binding proteins (IBPs) have been identified in numerous polar algae and bacteria, but
so far not in any cyanobacteria, despite the abundance of cyanobacteria in polar regions …