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 …

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 …

Special delivery: vesicle trafficking in prokaryotes

LM Mashburn‐Warren, M Whiteley - Molecular microbiology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Although the observation that Gram‐negative bacteria produce outer membrane vesicles
(MVs) was made over 40 years ago, their biological roles have become a focus of study only …

[HTML][HTML] Cracking open bacterial membrane vesicles

T Nagakubo, N Nomura, M Toyofuku - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Membrane vesicles (MVs) are nanoparticles composed of lipid membranes that are
produced by both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. MVs have been assigned …

Bacterial outer membrane vesicles in trafficking, communication and the host-pathogen interaction

JW Schertzer, M Whiteley - Journal of molecular microbiology and …, 2013 - karger.com
Vesicular transport is a central process in eukaryotes that was believed to be absent in
bacteria. However, as our understanding of the communal and interactive lifestyles of …

Biological functions and biogenesis of secreted bacterial outer membrane vesicles

A Kulp, MJ Kuehn - Annual review of microbiology, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Gram-negative bacteria produce outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) that contain biologically
active proteins and perform diverse biological processes. Unlike other secretion …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Envelope control of outer membrane vesicle production in Gram-negative bacteria

C Schwechheimer, CJ Sullivan, MJ Kuehn - Biochemistry, 2013 - ACS Publications
All Gram-negative bacteria studied to date have been shown to produce outer membrane
vesicles (OMVs), which are budded, released spheres of outer membrane with periplasmic …

Membrane vesicle release in bacteria, eukaryotes, and archaea: a conserved yet underappreciated aspect of microbial life

BL Deatherage, BT Cookson - Infection and immunity, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Interaction of microbes with their environment depends on features of the dynamic microbial
surface throughout cell growth and division. Surface modifications, whether used to acquire …

[HTML][HTML] Interaction of bacterial membrane vesicles with specific species and their potential for delivery to target cells

Y Tashiro, Y Hasegawa, M Shintani, K Takaki… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Membrane vesicles (MVs) are secreted from a wide range of microbial species and transfer
their content to other cells. Although MVs play critical roles in bacterial communication …