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Significance of a Posttranslational Modification of the PilA Protein of Geobacter sulfurreducens for Surface Attachment, Biofilm Formation, and Growth on Insoluble Extracellular Electron Acceptors

Lubna V. Richter, Ashley E. Franks, Robert M. Weis, Steven J. Sandler
George O'Toole, Editor
Lubna V. Richter
aDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
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bDepartment of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
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aDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
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bDepartment of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
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DOI: 10.1128/JB.00716-16
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00716-16
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28138101

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History 
  • Received October 4, 2016
  • Accepted January 23, 2017
  • Published online March 28, 2017.

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  1. Lubna V. Richtera*,
  2. Ashley E. Franksb*,
  3. Robert M. Weisa† and
  4. Steven J. Sandlerb
  1. aDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
  2. bDepartment of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
  • Address correspondence to Lubna V. Richter, la268{at}Cornell.edu.
  • ↵† Deceased.

  • Citation Richter LV, Franks AE, Weis RM, Sandler SJ. 2017. Significance of a posttranslational modification of the PilA protein of Geobacter sulfurreducens for surface attachment, biofilm formation, and growth on insoluble extracellular electron acceptors. J Bacteriol 199:e00716-16. https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00716-16 .

  • ↵* Present address: Lubna V. Richter, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA; Ashley E. Franks, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Significance of a Posttranslational Modification of the PilA Protein of Geobacter sulfurreducens for Surface Attachment, Biofilm Formation, and Growth on Insoluble Extracellular Electron Acceptors
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Significance of a Posttranslational Modification of the PilA Protein of Geobacter sulfurreducens for Surface Attachment, Biofilm Formation, and Growth on Insoluble Extracellular Electron Acceptors
Lubna V. Richter, Ashley E. Franks, Robert M. Weis, Steven J. Sandler
Journal of Bacteriology Mar 2017, 199 (8) e00716-16; DOI: 10.1128/JB.00716-16
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KEYWORDS

bacterial adhesion
biofilms
Fimbriae Proteins
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
Geobacter
filaments
fimbriae
type IV pili
glycerophosphate
attachment
microbial fuel cells

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