The type IVc pilus: just a Tad different.

Autor: Whitfield GB; Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie, et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada. Electronic address: gregory.whitfield@umontreal.ca., Brun YV; Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie, et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada.

Publikováno v: Current opinion in microbiology [Curr Opin Microbiol] 2024 Jun; Vol. 79, pp. 102468. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 04.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa AlgF is a protein-protein interaction mediator required for acetylation of the alginate exopolysaccharide.

Autor: Low KE; Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Gheorghita AA; Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Tammam SD; Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Whitfield GB; Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Li YE; Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Riley LM; Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Weadge JT; Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Caldwell SJ; Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Chong PA; Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Walvoort MTC; Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands., Kitova EN; Alberta Glycomics Centre and Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada., Klassen JS; Alberta Glycomics Centre and Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada., Codée JDC; Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands., Howell PL; Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: howell@sickkids.ca.

Publikováno v: The Journal of biological chemistry [J Biol Chem] 2023 Nov; Vol. 299 (11), pp. 105314. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 04.

Glycoside hydrolase processing of the Pel polysaccharide alters biofilm biomechanics and Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence.

Autor: Razvi E; Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Whitfield GB; Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie, et Immunologie, Faculté de Médecine Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada., Reichhardt C; Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.; Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA., Dreifus JE; Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA., Willis AR; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Gluscencova OB; Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada., Gloag ES; Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.; Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, VA, 24061, USA., Awad TS; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Rich JD; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada., da Silva DP; Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.; BioVectra Inc. 11 Aviation, Charlottetown, PE, Canada., Bond W; Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA., Le Mauff F; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.; Infectious Disease and Immunity in Global Health, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.; McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity, Montreal, QC, Canada., Sheppard DC; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.; Infectious Disease and Immunity in Global Health, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.; McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity, Montreal, QC, Canada., Hatton BD; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Stoodley P; Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.; Department of Orthopedics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.; National Biofilm Innovation Centre (NBIC) and National Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS), University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.; Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA., Reinke AW; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Boulianne GL; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada., Wozniak DJ; Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.; Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA., Harrison JJ; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada., Parsek MR; Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA., Howell PL; Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada. howell@sickkids.ca.; Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. howell@sickkids.ca.

Publikováno v: NPJ biofilms and microbiomes [NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes] 2023 Feb 02; Vol. 9 (1), pp. 7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 02.

Type IV Pili: dynamic bacterial nanomachines.

Autor: Ellison CK; Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Icahn Laboratory, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.; Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Lewis Thomas Laboratory, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA., Whitfield GB; Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, 2900 Boulevard Édouard-Montpetit, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada., Brun YV; Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, 2900 Boulevard Édouard-Montpetit, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada.

Publikováno v: FEMS microbiology reviews [FEMS Microbiol Rev] 2022 Mar 03; Vol. 46 (2).

Roadmap on emerging concepts in the physical biology of bacterial biofilms: from surface sensing to community formation.

Autor: Wong GCL; Department of Bioengineering, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, CA 90095, United States of America.; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, CA 90095, United States of America.; California NanoSystems Institute, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, CA 90095, United States of America., Antani JD; Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States of America., Lele PP; Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States of America., Chen J; Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA24061, United States of America., Nan B; Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, TX 77845, United States of America., Kühn MJ; Institute of Bioengineering and Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland., Persat A; Institute of Bioengineering and Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland., Bru JL; Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, University of California-Irvine, California, CA 92697, United States of America., Høyland-Kroghsbo NM; Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark., Siryaporn A; Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, University of California-Irvine, California, CA 92697, United States of America.; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California-Irvine, California, CA 92697, United States of America., Conrad JC; William A Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, TX 77204, United States of America., Carrara F; Institute of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland., Yawata Y; Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan.; Microbiology Research Center for Sustainability, University of Tsukuba, 305-8572 Tsukuba, Japan., Stocker R; Institute of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland., V Brun Y; University of Montreal, Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3J7, Canada., Whitfield GB; University of Montreal, Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3J7, Canada., Lee CK; Department of Bioengineering, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, CA 90095, United States of America.; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, CA 90095, United States of America.; California NanoSystems Institute, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, CA 90095, United States of America., de Anda J; Department of Bioengineering, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, CA 90095, United States of America.; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, CA 90095, United States of America.; California NanoSystems Institute, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, CA 90095, United States of America., Schmidt WC; Department of Bioengineering, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, CA 90095, United States of America.; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, CA 90095, United States of America.; California NanoSystems Institute, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, CA 90095, United States of America., Golestanian R; Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPIDS), D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.; Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom., O'Toole GA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755, United States of America., Floyd KA; Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, CA 95060, United States of America., Yildiz FH; Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, CA 95060, United States of America., Yang S; CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China., Jin F; CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China., Toyofuku M; Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan.; Microbiology Research Center for Sustainability, University of Tsukuba, 305-8572 Tsukuba, Japan., Eberl L; Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland., Nomura N; Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan.; Microbiology Research Center for Sustainability, University of Tsukuba, 305-8572 Tsukuba, Japan., Zacharoff LA; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, CA 90089, United States of America.; Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, CA 90089, United States of America., El-Naggar MY; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, CA 90089, United States of America.; Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, CA 90089, United States of America.; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, CA 90089, United States of America., Yalcin SE; Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, CT 06516, United States of America.; Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, CT 06516, United States of America., Malvankar NS; Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, CT 06516, United States of America.; Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, CT 06516, United States of America., Rojas-Andrade MD; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California CA 92697, United States of America., Hochbaum AI; Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, University of California-Irvine, California, CA 92697, United States of America.; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California CA 92697, United States of America.; Department of Chemistry, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California, CA 92697, United States of America.; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California, CA 92697, United States of America., Yan J; Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, CT 06511, United States of America., Stone HA; Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, NJ 08544, United States of America., Wingreen NS; Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, NJ 08544, United States of America.; Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, NJ 08544, United States of America., Bassler BL; Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, NJ 08544, United States of America.; The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland MD 20815, United States of America., Wu Y; Department of Physics and Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China., Xu H; Department of Physics and Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China., Drescher K; Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043 Marburg, Germany.; Department of Physics, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany., Dunkel J; Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, MA 02139-4307, United States of America.

Publikováno v: Physical biology [Phys Biol] 2021 Jun 23; Vol. 18 (5). Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jun 23.