Metagenomic and functional analysis of hindgut microbiota of a wood-feeding higher termite [PDF]
, 2007 From the standpoints of both basic research and biotechnology, there is considerable interest in reaching a clearer understanding of the diversity of biological mechanisms employed during lignocellulose degradation.
Leadbetter, Jared R. +2 more
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Anchoring of proteins to lactic acid bacteria [PDF]
, 1999 The anchoring of proteins to the cell surface of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) using genetic techniques is an exciting and emerging research area that holds great promise for a wide variety of biotechnological applications. This paper reviews five different
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis release peptidoglycan (PG) fragments from the cell as the bacteria grow. For N. gonorrhoeae these PG fragments are known to cause damage to human Fallopian tube tissue in organ culture that mimics the ...
Ryan E. Schaub, Joseph P. Dillard
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Roles of the second messenger cyclic di-GMP in environmental adaptation of Sinorhizobium meliloti [PDF]
, 2017 Bacteria have evolved various systems for the integration of environmental signals to rapidly coordinate cellular pathways and adapt to changes in their environment.
Schäper, Simon
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Comprehensive analysis of peptidoglycan hydrolases in Caulobacter crescentus
, 2016 The peptidoglycan (PG) sacculus is a large macromolecule enclosing most bacterial cells. During progression of the cell cycle, it needs to be continuously remodelled to enable elongation of the cell body and, finally, cell division.
Zielinska, Aleksandra +1 more
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Structural Basis for Catalysis by the Mono- and Dimetalated Forms of the \u3cem\u3edapE\u3c/em\u3e-Encoded \u3cem\u3eN\u3c/em\u3e-succinyl-L,L-Diaminopimelic Acid Desuccinylase [PDF]
, 2010 Biosynthesis of lysine and meso-diaminopimelic acid in bacteria provides essential components for protein synthesis and construction of the bacterial peptidoglycan cell wall. The dapE operon enzymes synthesize both meso-diaminopimelic acid and lysine and,
Fan, Yao +4 more
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A network-based approach to identify substrate classes of bacterial glycosyltransferases [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Bacterial interactions with the environment-and/or host largely depend on the bacterial glycome. The specificities of a bacterial glycome are largely determined by glycosyltransferases (GTs), the enzymes involved in transferring sugar ...
Lebeer, Sarah +5 more
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Phage therapy: An alternative to antibiotics in the age of multi-drug resistance. [PDF]
, 2017 The practice of phage therapy, which uses bacterial viruses (phages) to treat bacterial infections, has been around for almost a century. The universal decline in the effectiveness of antibiotics has generated renewed interest in revisiting this practice.
Koskella, Britt, Lin, Derek, Lin, Henry
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Staphylococcus aureus DivIB is a peptidoglycan-binding protein that is required for a morphological checkpoint in cell division [PDF]
, 2014 Bacterial cell division is a fundamental process that requires the coordinated actions of a number of proteins which form a complex macromolecular machine known as the divisome.
Bottomley, Amy L. +5 more
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The Composition of the Cell Envelope Affects Conjugation in Bacillus subtilis [PDF]
, 2016 Conjugation in bacteria is the contact-dependent transfer of DNA from one cell to another via donor-encoded conjugation machinery. It is a major type of horizontal gene transfer between bacteria.
Grossman, Alan Davis +1 more
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