exopolysaccharides
Food MicrobiologyAntibiofilm Activity of Lactobacillus plantarum 12 Exopolysaccharides against Shigella flexneriS. flexneri is a widespread foodborne pathogen causing food contamination and responsible for food poisoning outbreaks related to various foods in developing countries. Not only has biofilm formation by S. flexneri been difficult to eliminate, but it has also increased the drug resistance of the...
Genetics and Molecular BiologyAn Osmoregulatory Mechanism Operating through OmpR and LrhA Controls the Motile-Sessile Switch in the Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium Pantoea alhagiMany motile bacterial populations form surface-attached biofilms in response to specific environmental cues, including osmotic stress in a range of natural and host-related systems. However, cross talk between bacterial osmosensing, swimming, and biofilm formation regulatory networks is not fully understood. Here, we report that the pleiotropic regulator LrhA in Pantoea alhagi is involved in the regulation of flagellar motility...
- Evolutionary and Genomic MicrobiologyImpact of Cell Surface Molecules on Conjugative Transfer of the Integrative and Conjugative Element ICESt3 of Streptococcus thermophilus