Regulation of biofilm formation in Pseudomonas and Burkholderia species

M Fazli, H Almblad, ML Rybtke… - Environmental …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In the present review, we describe and compare the molecular mechanisms that are
involved in the regulation of biofilm formation by P seudomonas putida, P seudomonas …

Wrapped up: the motility of polarly flagellated bacteria

KM Thormann, C Beta, MJ Kühn - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
A huge number of bacterial species are motile by flagella, which allow them to actively move
toward favorable environments and away from hazardous areas and to conquer new …

[HTML][HTML] Ganoderma lucidum reduces obesity in mice by modulating the composition of the gut microbiota

CJ Chang, CS Lin, CC Lu, J Martel, YF Ko… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Obesity is associated with low-grade chronic inflammation and intestinal dysbiosis.
Ganoderma lucidum is a medicinal mushroom used in traditional Chinese medicine with …

A heritable iron memory enables decision-making in Escherichia coli

S Bhattacharyya, N Bhattarai… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The importance of memory in bacterial decision-making is relatively unexplored. We show
here that a prior experience of swarming is remembered when Escherichia coli encounters a …

Hydration-controlled bacterial motility and dispersal on surfaces

A Dechesne, G Wang, G Gülez… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Flagellar motility, a mode of active motion shared by many prokaryotic species, is
recognized as a key mechanism enabling population dispersal and resource acquisition in …

[HTML][HTML] Pseudomonas putida and its close relatives: mixing and mastering the perfect tune for plants

SB Costa-Gutierrez, C Adler, M Espinosa-Urgel… - Applied Microbiology …, 2022 - Springer
Plant growth–promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are a group of microorganisms of utmost
interest in agricultural biotechnology for their stimulatory and protective effects on plants …

[HTML][HTML] Synthetic control of plasmid replication enables target-and self-curing of vectors and expedites genome engineering of Pseudomonas putida

DC Volke, L Friis, NT Wirth, J Turlin, PI Nikel - Metabolic engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Genome engineering of non-conventional microorganisms calls for the development of
dedicated synthetic biology tools. Pseudomonas putida is a Gram-negative, non-pathogenic …

The Pseudomonas quinolone signal (PQS), and its precursor HHQ, modulate interspecies and interkingdom behaviour

Reen, MJ Mooij, LJ Holcombe… - FEMS microbiology …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The Pseudomonas quinolone signal (PQS), and its precursor 2-heptyl-4-quinolone (HHQ),
play a key role in coordinating virulence in the important cystic fibrosis pathogen …

Uracil influences quorum sensing and biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and fluorouracil is an antagonist

A Ueda, C Attila, M Whiteley… - Microbial biotechnology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an ubiquitous, opportunistic pathogen whose biofilms are
notoriously difficult to control. Here we discover uracil influences all three known quorum …

The Siderophore Pyoverdine of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci 6605 Is an Intrinsic Virulence Factor in Host Tobacco Infection

F Taguchi, T Suzuki, Y Inagaki, K Toyoda… - Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
To investigate the role of iron uptake mediated by the siderophore pyoverdine in the
virulence of the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci 6605, three predicted …