Composition and functions of bacterial membrane vesicles

M Toyofuku, S Schild, M Kaparakis-Liaskos… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Extracellular vesicles are produced by species across all domains of life, suggesting that
vesiculation represents a fundamental principle of living matter. In Gram-negative bacteria …

Microbiota–host communications: Bacterial extracellular vesicles as a common language

RA Ñahui Palomino, C Vanpouille, PE Costantini… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria release extracellular vesicles (EVs) that
contain components from their mother cells. Bacterial EVs are similar in size to mammalian …

Extracellular vesicle biogenesis and functions in gram-positive bacteria

P Briaud, RK Carroll - Infection and immunity, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-derived lipid bilayers secreted by bacteria and
eukaryotic cells. Bacterial membrane vesicles were discovered over 60 years ago and have …

Bacterial extracellular vesicles and their novel therapeutic applications in health and cancer

N Hosseini-Giv, A Basas, C Hicks, E El-Omar… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial cells communicate with host cells and other bacteria through the release of
membrane vesicles known as bacterial extracellular vesicles (BEV). BEV are established …

The extracellular vesicle generation paradox: a bacterial point of view

HM McMillan, MJ Kuehn - The EMBO Journal, 2021 - embopress.org
All bacteria produce secreted vesicles that carry out a variety of important biological
functions. These extracellular vesicles can improve adaptation and survival by relieving …

Staphylococcus aureus Extracellular Vesicles: A Story of Toxicity and the Stress of 2020

X Wang, PF Koffi, OF English, JC Lee - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Staphylococcus aureus generates and releases extracellular vesicles (EVs) that package
cytosolic, cell-wall associated, and membrane proteins, as well as glycopolymers and …

Proteomic profiling reveals distinct bacterial extracellular vesicle subpopulations with possibly unique functionality

HM McMillan, MJ Kuehn - Applied and Environmental …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are 20-to 200-nm secreted packages of lipids,
small molecules, and proteins that contribute to diverse bacterial processes. In plant …

Temperature influences the composition and cytotoxicity of extracellular vesicles in Staphylococcus aureus

P Briaud, A Frey, EC Marino, RA Bastock, RE Zielinski… - Msphere, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Staphylococcus aureus is a pathogenic bacterium but also a commensal of skin and anterior
nares in humans. As S. aureus transits from skins/nares to inside the human body, it …

Prokaryotic microvesicles Ortholog of eukaryotic extracellular vesicles in biomedical fields

H Mobarak, F Javid, MT Narmi, N Mardi… - Cell Communication and …, 2024 - Springer
Every single cell can communicate with other cells in a paracrine manner via the production
of nano-sized extracellular vesicles. This phenomenon is conserved between prokaryotic …

Prochlorococcus extracellular vesicles: molecular composition and adsorption to diverse microbes

SJ Biller, RA Lundeen, LR Hmelo… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Extracellular vesicles are small (~ 50–200 nm diameter) membrane‐bound
structures released by cells from all domains of life. While vesicles are abundant in the …