Bacterial quorum sensing: its role in virulence and possibilities for its control

ST Rutherford, BL Bassler - Cold Spring …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Quorum sensing is a process of cell–cell communication that allows bacteria to share
information about cell density and adjust gene expression accordingly. This process …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation by small RNAs in bacteria: expanding frontiers

G Storz, J Vogel, KM Wassarman - Molecular cell, 2011 - cell.com
Research on the discovery and characterization of small, regulatory RNAs in bacteria has
exploded in recent years. These sRNAs act by base pairing with target mRNAs with which …

[HTML][HTML] A novel mechanism of host-pathogen interaction through sRNA in bacterial outer membrane vesicles

K Koeppen, TH Hampton, M Jarek, M Scharfe… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Bacterial outer membrane vesicle (OMV)-mediated delivery of proteins to host cells is an
important mechanism of host-pathogen communication. Emerging evidence suggests that …

[HTML][HTML] Parallel compensatory evolution stabilizes plasmids across the parasitism-mutualism continuum

E Harrison, D Guymer, AJ Spiers, S Paterson… - Current Biology, 2015 - cell.com
Plasmids drive genomic diversity in bacteria via horizontal gene transfer [1, 2]; nevertheless,
explaining their survival in bacterial populations is challenging [3]. Theory predicts that …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in understanding Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a pathogen

J Klockgether, B Tümmler - F1000Research, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The versatile and ubiquitous Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen
causing acute and chronic infections in predisposed human subjects. Here we review recent …

[HTML][HTML] The antimicrobial volatile power of the rhizospheric isolate Pseudomonas donghuensis P482

A Ossowicki, S Jafra, P Garbeva - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Soil and rhizosphere bacteria produce an array of secondary metabolites including a wide
range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These compounds play an important role in …

[HTML][HTML] Membrane vesicle-mediated release of bacterial RNA

AE Sjöström, L Sandblad, BE Uhlin, SN Wai - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Many Gram-negative bacterial species release outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) that
interact with the host by delivering virulence factors. Here, we report for the first time that …

Secondary metabolites of fluorescent pseudomonads in biocontrol of phytopathogens for sustainable agriculture

J Mishra, NK Arora - Applied Soil Ecology, 2018 - Elsevier
Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) belonging to the group “fluorescent
pseudomonads” play very important role in sustainable agriculture. They are well known to …

[HTML][HTML] The Pseudomonas aeruginosa Transcriptome in Planktonic Cultures and Static Biofilms Using RNA Sequencing

A Dötsch, D Eckweiler, M Schniederjans… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
In this study, we evaluated how gene expression differs in mature Pseudomonas aeruginosa
biofilms as opposed to planktonic cells by the use of RNA sequencing technology that gives …

[HTML][HTML] The Single-Nucleotide Resolution Transcriptome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Grown in Body Temperature

O Wurtzel, DR Yoder-Himes, K Han, AA Dandekar… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
One of the hallmarks of opportunistic pathogens is their ability to adjust and respond to a
wide range of environmental and host-associated conditions. The human pathogen …