A bifunctional UDP-sugar 4-epimerase supports biosynthesis of multiple cell surface polysaccharides in Sinorhizobium meliloti

S Schäper, H Wendt, J Bamberger, V Sieber… - Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Sinorhizobium meliloti produces multiple extracellular glycans, including among others,
lipopolysaccharides (LPS), and the exopolysaccharides (EPS) succinoglycan (SG) and …

Genotypic variations and interspecific interactions modify gene expression and biofilm formation of Xanthomonas retroflexus

S Jacquiod, NMC Olsen, M Blouin… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Multispecies biofilms are important models for studying the evolution of microbial
interactions. Co‐cultivation of Xanthomonas retroflexus (XR) and Paenibacillus amylolyticus …

Genetic identification of factors for extracellular cellulose accumulation in the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus vulcanus: proposal of a novel …

K Maeda, J Tamura, Y Okuda, R Narikawa… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cells of the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus vulcanus strain RKN (NIES‐
2134) aggregate and produce extracellular cellulose under induced conditions of blue light …

Unraveling the supramolecular structure and nanoscale dislocations of bacterial cellulose ribbons using correlative super-resolution light and electron microscopy

M Babi, A Williams, M Reid, K Grandfield… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cellulose is a structural linear polysaccharide that is naturally produced by plants and
bacteria, making it the most abundant biopolymer on Earth. The hierarchical structure of …

Nanocellulose-based hydrogels as versatile materials with interesting functional properties for tissue engineering applications

AK Tamo - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Tissue engineering has emerged as a remarkable field aiming to restore or replace
damaged tissues through the use of biomimetic constructs. Among the diverse materials …

Racing to build a wall: glycoconjugate assembly in Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

SD Liston, LM Willis - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Glycosyltransferases with different folds synthesize bacterial cell walls.•Crossing
the inner membrane: flippases versus ABC transporters.•Structurally distinct peptidoglycan …

Deciphering Legionella effector delivery by Icm/Dot secretion system reveals a new role for c-di-GMP signaling

J Allombert, C Jaboulay, C Michard, C Andréa… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Secretion of bacterial effector proteins into host cells plays a key role in bacterial virulence.
Yet, the dynamics of the secretion systems activity remains poorly understood, especially …

Transcriptomic Insights into Metabolism-Dependent Biosynthesis of Bacterial Nanocellulose

QZ Wu, WQ Lin, JY Wu, LW Cao, HH Li… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) is an attractive green-synthesized biomaterial for biomedical
applications and various other applications. However, effective engineering of BNC …

Molecular dynamics simulation of cellulose synthase subunit D octamer with cellulose chains from acetic acid bacteria: insight into dynamic behaviors and …

T Uto, Y Ikeda, N Sunagawa, K Tajima… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The present study reports the building of a computerized model and molecular dynamics
(MD) simulation of cellulose synthase subunit D octamer (CesD) from Komagataeibacter …

BACTERIAL CELLULOSE AS A BASE MATERIAL IN BIODIGITAL ARCHITECTURE (BETWEEN BIO-MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURAL …

NT El Gazzar, AT Estévez… - Journal of Green …, 2021 - meridian.allenpress.com
Recently, developing sustainable architectural materials from renewable resources is
gaining great interest. This interest is intended to alleviate the drawbacks of petroleum …