Sigma factor RpoN employs a dual transcriptional regulation for controlling twitching motility and biofilm formation in Lysobacter enzymogenes OH11
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DOI: 10.1007/s00294-017-0770-z
Abstract: Lysobacter is a Gram-negative genus comprising a group of environmental bacteria with abilities to produce abundant novel antibiotics, as well as adopting a unique type IV pilus (T4P)-mediated twitching motility (TM) that remains poorly understood.… read more here.
Keywords: twitching motility; enzymogenes oh11; biofilm formation; formation ... See more keywords
Kingella kingae PilC1 and PilC2 are adhesive multifunctional proteins that promote bacterial adherence, twitching motility, DNA transformation, and pilus biogenesis
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010440
Abstract: The gram-negative bacterium Kingella kingae is a leading cause of osteoarticular infections in young children and initiates infection by colonizing the oropharynx. Adherence to respiratory epithelial cells represents an initial step in the process of… read more here.
Keywords: pilc1 pilc2; pilus biogenesis; pilc2; twitching motility ... See more keywords
Micro-Patterned Surfaces That Exploit Stigmergy to Inhibit Biofilm Expansion
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02157
Abstract: Twitching motility is a mode of surface translocation that is mediated by the extension and retraction of type IV pili and which, depending on the conditions, enables migration of individual cells or can manifest as… read more here.
Keywords: twitching motility; expansion; micro patterned; exploit stigmergy ... See more keywords