Biofilm-associated persistence of food-borne pathogens

A Bridier, P Sanchez-Vizuete, M Guilbaud, JC Piard… - Food …, 2015 - Elsevier
Microbial life abounds on surfaces in both natural and industrial environments, one of which
is the food industry. A solid substrate, water and some nutrients are sufficient to allow the …

Biofilm formation by enteric pathogens and its role in plant colonization and persistence

S Yaron, U Römling - Microbial biotechnology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The significant increase in foodborne outbreaks caused by contaminated fresh produce,
such as alfalfa sprouts, lettuce, melons, tomatoes and spinach, during the last 30 years …

Bacterial signal transduction by cyclic di-GMP and other nucleotide second messengers

R Hengge, A Gründling, U Jenal, R Ryan… - Journal of …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The first International Symposium on c-Di-GMP Signaling in Bacteria (22 to 25
March 2015, Harnack-Haus, Berlin, Germany) brought together 131 molecular …

Examining the Link between Biofilm Formation and the Ability of Pathogenic Salmonella Strains to Colonize Multiple Host Species

KD MacKenzie, MB Palmer, WL Köster… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Salmonella are important pathogens worldwide and a predominant number of human
infections are zoonotic in nature. The ability of strains to form biofilms, which is a …

Cyclic di‐GMP signaling—Where did you come from and where will you go?

U Römling - Molecular Microbiology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microbes including bacteria are required to respond to their often continuously changing
ecological niches in order to survive. While many signaling molecules are produced as …

Regulation of biofilm formation in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

R Simm, I Ahmad, M Rhen, S Le Guyon… - Future …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In animals, plants and the environment, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium forms the
red dry and rough (rdar) biofilm characterized by extracellular matrix components curli and …

A Cyclic-di-GMP signalling network regulates biofilm formation and surface associated motility of Acinetobacter baumannii 17978

I Ahmad, E Nygren, F Khalid, SL Myint, BE Uhlin - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as an increasing multidrug-resistant threat in
hospitals and a common opportunistic nosocomial pathogen worldwide. However …

Spatial organization plasticity as an adaptive driver of surface microbial communities

A Bridier, JC Piard, C Pandin, S Labarthe… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Biofilms are dynamic habitats which constantly evolve in response to environmental
fluctuations and thereby constitute remarkable survival strategies for microorganisms. The …

Evolution of cyclic di-GMP signalling on a short and long term time scale

U Römling, LY Cao, FW Bai - Microbiology, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
Diversifying radiation of domain families within specific lineages of life indicates the
importance of their functionality for the organisms. The foundation for the diversifying …

Redox-driven regulation of microbial community morphogenesis

C Okegbe, A Price-Whelan, LEP Dietrich - Current opinion in microbiology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Microbes form rugose macrocolonies (biofilms) with intricate patterns of
wrinkles.•Wrinkling is a response to oxidant limitation that facilitates redox balancing.•Newly …