Biologically derived materials have numerous applications in biomedical fields and beyond.
Yet, the properties of these materials are difficult to alter because the natural biosynthetic …

Abstract The “International Symposium on Nucleotide Second Messenger Signaling in
Bacteria”(September 30–October 3, 2018, Berlin), which was organized within the …

Ascidian papillae (palps) constitute a transient sensory adhesive organ that assures larval
settlement and the onset of metamorphosis to the filterfeeding adult. Despite the importance …

Cellulose is the world's most abundant biopolymer, and similar to its role as a cell wall
component in plants, it is a prevalent constituent of the extracellular matrix in bacterial …

The ubiquitous second messenger c-di-GMP promotes bacterial biofilm formation by playing
diverse roles in the underlying regulatory networks. This is reflected in the multiplicity of …

Bacterial cellulose is a widely dispersed biofilm matrix component, yet the role of cellulose
synthesis-encoding gene on the settlement of macrofouling organisms remains elusive …

Cellulose is frequently found in communities of sessile bacteria called biofilms. Escherichia
coli and other enterobacteriaceae modify cellulose with phosphoethanolamine (pEtN) to …

Bacteria adapt to selective pressure in their immediate environment in multiple ways. One
mechanism involves the acquisition of independent mutations that disable or modify a key …

Many bacteria secrete cellulose, which forms the structural basis for bacterial multicellular
aggregates, termed biofilms. The cellulose synthase complex of Salmonella typhimurium …

Enzymatic modifications of bacterial exopolysaccharides enhance immune evasion and
persistence during infection. In the Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas …