Trehalose is a nonreducing disaccharide in which the two glucose units are linked in an α, α-
1, 1-glycosidic linkage. This sugar is present in a wide variety of organisms, including …

All microorganisms possess a positive turgor, and maintenance of this outward-directed
pressure is essential since it is generally considered as the driving force for cell expansion …

Bacteria swim by means of rotating flagella that are powered by ion influx through
membrane-spanning motor complexes. Escherichia coli and related species harness a …

Genes for trehalose metabolism are widespread in higher plants. Insight into the
physiological role of the trehalose pathway outside of resurrection plant species is lacking …

▪ Abstract The promoter recognition specificity of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase is
modulated by replacement of the σ subunit in the first step and by interaction with …

The disaccharide trehalose is widely distributed in nature and can be found in many
organisms, including bacteria, fungi, plants, invertebrates and mammals. Due to its particular …

Trehalose is a disaccharide of two D-glucose molecules linked by a glycosidic linkage,
which plays both structural and functional roles in bacteria. Trehalose can be synthesized …

It has long been thought that the biosynthesis of trehalose, a sugar present in all kingdoms,
is absent from the vast majority of higher plants. However, recent experiments have …

Escherichia coli lives in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract anaerobically at high
osmolarity as well as in the soil aerobically at varying osmolarities. Adaptation to these …

The biosynthesis of trehalose has been previously shown to serve as an important
osmoprotectant and stress protectant in Escherichia coli. Our results indicate that …