The plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens forms architecturally complex biofilms on
inert surfaces. Adherence of A. tumefaciens C58 was significantly enhanced under …

Proteus mirabilis is a urinary tract pathogen that differentiates from a short swimmer cell to
an elongated, highly flagellated swarmer cell. Swarmer cell differentiation parallels an …

FlhF is a signal recognition particle-like protein present in monotrichous bacteria. The loss of
FlhF in various bacteria results in decreased transcription of class II, III, or IV flagellar genes …

The downregulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa flagellar motility is a key event in biofilm
formation, host colonization, and the formation of microbial communities, but the external …

Biological control of soilborne plant pathogens in the field has given variable results. By
combining specific strains of microorganisms, multiple traits antagonizing the pathogen can …

Flagella provide advantages to Escherichia coli by facilitating taxis towards nutrients and
away from unfavourable niches. On the other hand, flagellation is an energy sink to the …

Despite numerous studies on bacterial motility, little is known about the regulation of this
process by environmental factors in natural isolates. In this study we investigated the control …

Fluorescent pseudomonads are playing key roles in plant-bacteria symbiotic interactions
due to the multiple plant-beneficial functions (PBFs) they are harboring. The relative …

The regulation of biofilm and motile states as alternate bacterial lifestyles has been studied
extensively in flagellated bacteria, where the second messenger cyclic-di-GMP (cdG) plays …

The transcription factor FleQ from Pseudomonas aeruginosa derepresses expression of
genes involved in biofilm formation when intracellular levels of the second messenger cyclic …