cellulose
Research Article | SpotlightStructure of the Bacterial Cellulose Ribbon and Its Assembly-Guiding Cytoskeleton by Electron CryotomographyThis work’s relevance for the microbiology community is twofold. It delivers for the first time high-resolution near-native snapshots of Gluconacetobacter spp. (previously Komagataeibacter spp.) in the process of cellulose ribbon synthesis, in their native biofilm environment.
Research Article | SpotlightEvaluation of Phosphoethanolamine Cellulose Production among Bacterial Communities Using Congo Red FluorescenceE. coli bacteria produce amyloid fibers, termed curli, and a cellulosic component to assemble biofilm communities. Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer on Earth, and we recently discovered that the cellulosic component in E. coli biofilms was not standard cellulose, but a newly identified...
Research Article | SpotlightUnder Elevated c-di-GMP in Escherichia coli, YcgR Alters Flagellar Motor Bias and Speed Sequentially, with Additional Negative Control of the Flagellar Regulon via the Adaptor Protein RssBFlagellum-driven motility has been studied in E. coli and Salmonella for nearly half a century. Over 60 genes control flagellar assembly and function. The expression of these genes is regulated at multiple levels in response to a variety of environmental signals. Cues that elevate c-di-GMP levels, however, inhibit motility by direct binding of the effector...
- Research Article | SpotlightThiol Starvation Induces Redox-Mediated Dysregulation of Escherichia coli Biofilm Components
- ENZYMES AND PROTEINSCellodextrin and Laminaribiose ABC Transporters in Clostridium thermocellum