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Upcoming events:
- The 6th European Spores Conference will be held in London from April 9 to April 11, 2014. The meeting will be organized by Simon Cutting and Imrich Barak, website, contact
- The next European BACELL meeting will take place in Bratislava from April 29 to April 30, 2014. The meeting will be organized by Imrich Barak, contact
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Now online: A description of SubtiWiki, SubtiPathways, and SubtInteract in the 2012 Database issue of Nucleic Acids Research
Ulrike Mäder, Arne G Schmeisky, Lope A Flórez, Jörg Stülke
SubtiWiki--a comprehensive community resource for the model organism Bacillus subtilis.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2012, 40(Database issue);D1278-87
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Paper of the month: September 2013
- Biofilms of B. subtilis consist of cells in a matrix made up of extracellular polysaccharides, the amyloid-like TasA protein, and the hydrophobic protein BslA. Now, Hobley et al. from the lab of Nicola Stanley-Wall determined the structure of BslA and found that the protein has an extremely hydrophobic cap domain that acts like a raincoat for the biofilm. The authors suggest that BslA is a bacterial hydrophobin.
- Relevant SubtiWiki pages: Nicola Stanley-Wall, biofilm formation, BslA
Laura Hobley, Adam Ostrowski, Francesco V Rao, Keith M Bromley, Michael Porter, Alan R Prescott, Cait E MacPhee, Daan M F van Aalten, Nicola R Stanley-Wall
BslA is a self-assembling bacterial hydrophobin that coats the Bacillus subtilis biofilm.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2013, 110(33);13600-5
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- A comment on this paper:
Ursula Hofer
Bacterial physiology: a raincoat for Bacillus subtilis.
Nat Rev Microbiol: 2013, 11(10);660-1
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New procedure for account creation:
- Due to massive spam attacks, we had to change our policy for the creation of accounts. If you want to create an account, just send me a mail. We will create the account for you as quickly as possible, then you can change your password. This does not affect existing accounts, which remain active.
- Please remember that all members of the Bacillus community are invited to create accounts and to contribute to SubtiWiki!
News in SubtiWiki:
- April 2013: SubtiWiki uses a new, faster Mediawiki platform! The times for page access are significantly reduced. Enjoy!
- March 2013: updated Excel files that map all genes to categories and regulons as well as the general updated identity mapping of all genes were uploaded.
- October 2012: the essential genes have been categorized
- September 2012: 300 mutant strains available at the BGSC were added to the corresponding gene pages
- August 2012: SubtiExpress, the new compagnon of SubtiWiki devoted to gene expression is online! Try it out!
- April 2012: Links for expression data under 104 different conditions (based on Nicolas et al., 2012) have been added to the expression section of the individual gene pages
- April 2011: SubtInteract, a presentation of protein-protein interactions in B. subtilis, is online!
- December 2010: SubtiCellPublisher allows the conversion of CellDesigner diagrams to navigatable presentations in the style of SubtiPathways
- December 2010: all genes are linked to regulons, and the pages of the regulons provide an overview on all genes that are members of this specific regulon.
- December 2010: all genes/proteins are linked to categories, and the pages of the categories provide an overview on all genes/proteins that are members of this specific category.
Publications describing SubtiWiki and SubtiPathways:
Ulrike Mäder, Arne G Schmeisky, Lope A Flórez, Jörg Stülke
SubtiWiki--a comprehensive community resource for the model organism Bacillus subtilis.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2012, 40(Database issue);D1278-87
[PubMed:22096228]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
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Lope A Flórez, Sebastian F Roppel, Arne G Schmeisky, Christoph R Lammers, Jörg Stülke
A community-curated consensual annotation that is continuously updated: the Bacillus subtilis centred wiki SubtiWiki.
Database (Oxford): 2009, 2009;bap012
[PubMed:20157485]
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Christoph R Lammers, Lope A Flórez, Arne G Schmeisky, Sebastian F Roppel, Ulrike Mäder, Leendert Hamoen, Jörg Stülke
Connecting parts with processes: SubtiWiki and SubtiPathways integrate gene and pathway annotation for Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2010, 156(Pt 3);849-859
[PubMed:19959575]
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