AnnoView enables large-scale analysis, comparison, and visualization of microbial gene neighborhoods

X Wei, H Tan, B Lobb, W Zhen, Z Wu… - Briefings in …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The analysis and comparison of gene neighborhoods is a powerful approach for exploring
microbial genome structure, function, and evolution. Although numerous tools exist for …

The type II secretion system as an underappreciated and understudied mediator of interbacterial antagonism

NP Cianciotto - Infection and Immunity, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Interbacterial antagonism involves all major phyla, occurs across the full range of ecological
niches, and has great significance for the environment, clinical arena, and agricultural and …

[HTML][HTML] Current approaches to genetic modification of marine bacteria and considerations for improved transformation efficiency

K Christi, J Hudson, S Egan - Microbiological Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Marine bacteria play vital roles in symbiosis, biogeochemical cycles and produce novel
bioactive compounds and enzymes of interest for the pharmaceutical, biofuel and …

Substrate specificity of biofilms proximate to historic shipwrecks

RL Mugge, RD Moseley, LJ Hamdan - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
The number of built structures on the seabed, such as shipwrecks, energy platforms, and
pipelines, is increasing in coastal and offshore regions. These structures, typically …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of NpdA as the protein forming the surface layer in Paracidovorax citrulli and evidence of its occurrence as a surface layer protein in diverse …

S Gajbhiye, ED Gonzales, DB Toso… - Access …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
The phytopathogen Paracidovorax citrulli possesses an ortholog of a newly identified
surface layer protein (SLP) termed NpdA but has not been reported to produce a surface …

Comparative proteomics of biofilm development in Pseudoalteromonas tunicata discovers a distinct family of Ca2+-dependent adhesins

S Ali, A Stavropoulos, B Jenkins, S Graves, G Che… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The marine bacterium, Pseudoalteromonas tunicata, is a useful model for studying
mechanisms of biofilm development due to its ability to colonize and form biofilms on a …

The Expanding Marine Built Environment and Biofilm Formation Processes

R Mugge - 2022 - aquila.usm.edu
The marine built environment (ie, places or things made or modified by humans) in the
northern Gulf of Mexico is rapidly expanding and includes over 2,000 known historic …