Methods to Evaluate Bacterial Motility and Its Role in Bacterial–Host Interactions [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2022 Bacterial motility is a widespread characteristic that can provide several advantages for the cell, allowing it to move towards more favorable conditions and enabling host-associated processes such as colonization.
Victoria Palma +4 more
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Bacterial motility can govern the dynamics of antibiotic resistance evolution [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Spatial heterogeneity in antibiotic concentrations is thought to accelerate the evolution of antibiotic resistance, but current theory and experiments have overlooked the effect of cell motility on bacterial adaptation. Here, we study bacterial evolution
Vit Piskovsky, Nuno M. Oliveira
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Patterns of bacterial motility in microfluidics-confining environments [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021 Significance Understanding bacterial movement is crucial for health, agriculture, environment, and industry. Studying the motility of five bacterial species in microfluidic environments showed that bacterial motility behavior is the result of a “tug-of ...
Viola Tokárová +2 more
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Engineering bacterial motility towards hydrogen-peroxide. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Synthetic biologists construct innovative genetic/biological systems to treat environmental, energy, and health problems. Many systems employ rewired cells for non-native product synthesis, while a few have employed the rewired cells as 'smart' devices ...
Chelsea Virgile +6 more
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Bacterial Motility and Its Role in Skin and Wound Infections. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2023 Skin and wound infections are serious medical problems, and the diversity of bacteria makes such infections difficult to treat. Bacteria possess many virulence factors, among which motility plays a key role in skin infections.
Zegadło K +6 more
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Type IV Pili Can Mediate Bacterial Motility within Epithelial Cells [PDF]
mBio, 2019 Pseudomonas aeruginosa is among bacterial pathogens capable of twitching motility, a form of surface-associated movement dependent on type IV pili (T4P). Previously, we showed that T4P and twitching were required for P.
Vincent Nieto +8 more
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Evolutionary Remodeling of Bacterial Motility Checkpoint Control
Cell Reports, 2017 Regulatory networks play a central role in the relationship between genotype and phenotype in all organisms. However, the mechanisms that underpin the evolutionary plasticity of these networks remain poorly understood.
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Implication of Surface Properties, Bacterial Motility, and Hydrodynamic Conditions on Bacterial Surface Sensing and Their Initial Adhesion. [PDF]
Front Bioeng Biotechnol, 2021 Biofilms are structured microbial communities attached to surfaces, which play a significant role in the persistence of biofoulings in both medical and industrial settings.
Zheng S +6 more
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The influence of spaceflight and simulated microgravity on bacterial motility and chemotaxis. [PDF]
NPJ Microgravity, 2021 As interest in space exploration rises, there is a growing need to quantify the impact of microgravity on the growth, survival, and adaptation of microorganisms, including those responsible for astronaut illness. Motility is a key microbial behavior that
Acres JM, Youngapelian MJ, Nadeau J.
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Counteracting Bacterial Motility: A Promising Strategy to Narrow Listeria monocytogenes Biofilm in Food Processing Industry. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2021 Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) is often associated with processed food as it can form biofilms that represent a source of contamination at all stages of the manufacturing chain.
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