Multifunctional hyphae carbon powering lithium–sulfur batteries

L Huang, S Shen, Y Zhong, Y Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biotechnology can bring new breakthroughs on design and fabrication of energy materials
and devices. In this work, a novel and facile biological self‐assembly technology to fabricate …

Turgor pressure and possible constriction mechanisms in bacterial division

M Osawa, HP Erickson - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial cytokinesis begins with the assembly of FtsZ into a Z ring at the center of the cell.
The Z-ring constriction in Gram-negative bacteria may occur in an environment where the …

The cell cycle regulator GpsB functions as cytosolic adaptor for multiple cell wall enzymes

RM Cleverley, ZJ Rutter, J Rismondo, F Corona… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Bacterial growth and cell division requires precise spatiotemporal regulation of the synthesis
and remodelling of the peptidoglycan layer that surrounds the cytoplasmic membrane. GpsB …

The Best of Both Worlds—Streptomyces coelicolor and Streptomyces venezuelae as Model Species for Studying Antibiotic Production and Bacterial Multicellular …

S Schlimpert, MA Elliot - Journal of Bacteriology, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Streptomyces bacteria have been studied for more than 80 years thanks to their ability to
produce an incredible array of antibiotics and other specialized metabolites and their …

Hyphal compartmentalization and sporulation in Streptomyces require the conserved cell division protein SepX

MJ Bush, KA Gallagher, G Chandra, KC Findlay… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Filamentous actinobacteria such as Streptomyces undergo two distinct modes of cell
division, leading to partitioning of growing hyphae into multicellular compartments via cross …

Establishment of an Efficient Expression and Regulation System in Streptomyces for Economical and High-Level Production of the Natural Blue Pigment Indigoidine

M Zhao, XS Zhang, LB Xiong, K Liu, XF Li… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Indigoidine, as a kind of natural blue pigment, is widely used in textiles, food, and
pharmaceuticals and is mainly synthesized from l-glutamine via a condensation reaction by …

Apical assemblies of intermediate filament‐like protein FilP are highly dynamic and affect polar growth determinant DivIVA in Streptomyces venezuelae

MJ Fröjd, K Flärdh - Molecular microbiology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Streptomyces spp. grow as branching hyphae, building the cell wall in restricted zones at
hyphal tips. The organization of this mode of polar growth involves three coiled‐coil proteins …

A conserved cell division protein directly regulates FtsZ dynamics in filamentous and unicellular actinobacteria

F Ramos-León, MJ Bush, JW Sallmen, G Chandra… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Bacterial cell division is driven by the polymerization of the GTPase FtsZ into a contractile
structure, the so-called Z-ring. This essential process involves proteins that modulate FtsZ …

Characterization of Bacillus Strains from Natural Honeybee Products with High Keratinolytic Activity and Antimicrobial Potential

D Martín-González, S Bordel, S Solis… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Two efficient feather-degrading bacteria were isolated from honeybee samples and
identified as Bacillus sonorensis and Bacillus licheniformis based on 16S rRNA and …

Sophisticated construction of single-atom cobalt catalyst based on microbial hyphae for high-performance hydrogenation

J Kuang, M Gong, G Chen, L Peng, C Zou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Utilizing biomass as a versatile catalyst building platform holds tremendous promise for
catalyst design. In this study, we demonstrate a facile and effective method to fabricate high …