How bacteria block their own biofilms

Bacterial biofilms are surface-associated multicellular communities that are highly resistant to removal. Scheffler et al. discovered that Pseudomonas aeruginosa secretes a small molecule that inhibits other P. aeruginosa cells from adsorbing to surfaces by interfering with type IV pili dynamics. Th...

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Autores principales: Delerue, Thomas, Ramamurthi, Kumaran S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7949149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33839681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100392
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description Bacterial biofilms are surface-associated multicellular communities that are highly resistant to removal. Scheffler et al. discovered that Pseudomonas aeruginosa secretes a small molecule that inhibits other P. aeruginosa cells from adsorbing to surfaces by interfering with type IV pili dynamics. The inhibition of cell adsorption could present a method to prevent biofilm formation on sensitive surfaces in hospitals and industry.
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spelling pubmed-79491492021-03-19 How bacteria block their own biofilms Delerue, Thomas Ramamurthi, Kumaran S. J Biol Chem Editors' Pick Highlight Bacterial biofilms are surface-associated multicellular communities that are highly resistant to removal. Scheffler et al. discovered that Pseudomonas aeruginosa secretes a small molecule that inhibits other P. aeruginosa cells from adsorbing to surfaces by interfering with type IV pili dynamics. The inhibition of cell adsorption could present a method to prevent biofilm formation on sensitive surfaces in hospitals and industry. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2021-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7949149/ /pubmed/33839681 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100392 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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