Difference between revisions of "Biofilm formation"
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==Key genes and operons involved in biofilm formation== | ==Key genes and operons involved in biofilm formation== | ||
* matrix polysaccharide synthesis: | * matrix polysaccharide synthesis: | ||
| − | ** ''[[epsA]]-[[epsB]]-[[epsC]]-[[epsD]]-[[epsE]]-[[epsF]]-[[epsG]]-[[epsH]]-[[epsI]]-[[epsJ]]- | + | ** ''[[epsA]]-[[epsB]]-[[epsC]]-[[epsD]]-[[epsE]]-[[epsF]]-[[epsG]]-[[epsH]]-[[epsI]]-[[epsJ]]-[[epsK]]-[[epsL]]-[[epsM]]-[[epsN]]-[[epsO]]'' |
| − | [[epsK]]-[[epsL]]-[[epsM]]-[[epsN]]-[[epsO]]'' | ||
* amyloid protein synthesis | * amyloid protein synthesis | ||
** ''[[yqxM]]-[[sipW]]-[[tasA]]'' | ** ''[[yqxM]]-[[sipW]]-[[tasA]]'' | ||
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==Key reviews== | ==Key reviews== | ||
| − | <pubmed> | + | <pubmed>19054118 19054118 16787201 9891794 </pubmed> |
| + | * additional reviews: {{PubMed|20735481}} | ||
Revision as of 19:06, 22 September 2010
Biofilms are the result of the multicellular lifestyle of B. subtilis. They are characterized by the formation of a matrix polysaccharide and an amyloid-like protein, TasA.
Labs working on biofilm formation
Key genes and operons involved in biofilm formation
- matrix polysaccharide synthesis:
- amyloid protein synthesis
- regulation
Key reviews
Daniel Lopez, Hera Vlamakis, Roberto Kolter
Generation of multiple cell types in Bacillus subtilis.
FEMS Microbiol Rev: 2009, 33(1);152-63
[PubMed:19054118]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Wolf-Rainer Abraham
Controlling biofilms of gram-positive pathogenic bacteria.
Curr Med Chem: 2006, 13(13);1509-24
[PubMed:16787201]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
J A Shapiro
Thinking about bacterial populations as multicellular organisms.
Annu Rev Microbiol: 1998, 52;81-104
[PubMed:9891794]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
- additional reviews: PubMed
