[HTML][HTML] Secretion and Delivery of Intestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Virulence Factors via Outer Membrane Vesicles

C Rueter, M Bielaszewska - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are nanoscale proteoliposomes secreted from the cell
envelope of all Gram-negative bacteria. Originally considered as an artifact of the cell wall …

Planktonic and biofilm-derived Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane vesicles facilitate horizontal gene transfer of plasmid DNA

EL Johnston, L Zavan, NJ Bitto, S Petrovski… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) produced by Gram-negative bacteria package various
cargo, including DNA that can be transferred to other bacteria or to host cells. OMV …

Real-time tracking of bacterial membrane vesicles reveals enhanced membrane traffic upon antibiotic exposure

J Bos, LH Cisneros, D Mazel - Science advances, 2021 - science.org
Membrane vesicles are ubiquitous carriers of molecular information. A broad understanding
of the biological functions of membrane vesicles in bacteria remains elusive because of the …

Molecular mechanisms and drivers of pathogen emergence

D Balasubramanian, M López-Pérez, TA Grant… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Pathogen emergence (PE) is a complex phenomenon with major public health implications.
Over the past decades, numerous underlying mechanisms facilitating the emergence of …

[HTML][HTML] Cell-free DNA: an underestimated source of antibiotic resistance gene dissemination at the interface between human activities and downstream environments …

M Woegerbauer, X Bellanger, C Merlin - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The dissemination of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest challenges faced
by mankind in the public health domains. It is currently favored by a lack of confinement …

A two-component regulatory system impacts extracellular membrane-derived vesicle production in group A Streptococcus

U Resch, JA Tsatsaronis, A Le Rhun, G Stübiger… - MBio, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Export of macromolecules via extracellular membrane-derived vesicles (MVs) plays an
important role in the biology of Gram-negative bacteria. Gram-positive bacteria have also …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of horizontal gene transfer on the adaptive ability of the human oral microbiome

AP Roberts, J Kreth - Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The oral microbiome is composed of a multitude of different species of bacteria, each
capable of occupying one or more of the many different niches found within the human oral …

[HTML][HTML] Outer membrane vesicles: An emerging vaccine platform

D Kashyap, M Panda, B Baral, N Varshney, V Bhandari… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vaccine adjuvants are substances that improve the immune capacity of a recombinant
vaccine to a great extent and have been in use since the early 1900s; they are primarily …

[HTML][HTML] Insights on the Horizontal Gene Transfer of Carbapenemase Determinants in the Opportunistic Pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii

GJ Da Silva, S Domingues - Microorganisms, 2016 - mdpi.com
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a driving force to the evolution of bacteria. The fast
emergence of antimicrobial resistance reflects the ability of genetic adaptation of pathogens …

Bacteriophages in sewage: abundance, roles, and applications

E Ballesté, AR Blanch, M Muniesa… - FEMS …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The raw sewage that flows through sewage systems contains a complex microbial
community whose main source is the human gut microbiome, with bacteriophages being as …