Surveying membrane landscapes: a new look at the bacterial cell surface

T Lithgow, CJ Stubenrauch, MPH Stumpf - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
Recent studies applying advanced imaging techniques are changing the way we
understand bacterial cell surfaces, bringing new knowledge on everything from single-cell …

Terrabacteria: redefining bacterial envelope diversity, biogenesis and evolution

B Beaud Benyahia, N Taib, C Beloin… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The bacterial envelope is one of the oldest and most essential cellular components and has
been traditionally divided into Gram-positive (monoderm) and Gram-negative (diderm) …

A tripartite rheostat controls self-regulated host plant resistance to insects

J Guo, H Wang, W Guan, Q Guo, J Wang, J Yang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Plants deploy receptor-like kinases and nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors to
confer host plant resistance (HPR) to herbivores. These gene-for-gene interactions between …

Lipids mediate supramolecular outer membrane protein assembly in bacteria

MN Webby, AO Oluwole, C Pedebos, PG Inns… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
β Barrel outer membrane proteins (OMPs) cluster into supramolecular assemblies that give
function to the outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria. How such assemblies form …

Direct Assembly of Metal‐Phenolic Network Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

W Xu, Z Lin, S Pan, J Chen, T Wang… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coordination assembly offers a versatile means to develo** advanced materials for
various applications. However, current strategies for assembling metal‐organic networks …

Ancient origin and constrained evolution of the division and cell wall gene cluster in Bacteria

D Megrian, N Taib, AL Jaffe, JF Banfield… - Nature Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
The division and cell wall (dcw) gene cluster in Bacteria comprises 17 genes encoding key
steps in peptidoglycan synthesis and cytokinesis. To understand the origin and evolution of …

Cell cycle dependent coordination of surface layer biogenesis in Caulobacter crescentus

M Herdman, B Isbilir, A von Kügelgen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Surface layers (S-layers) are proteinaceous, two-dimensional paracrystalline arrays that
constitute a major component of the cell envelope in many prokaryotic species. In this study …

Envelope-stress sensing mechanism of Rcs and Cpx signaling pathways in Gram-negative bacteria

SH Cho, K Dekoninck, JF Collet - Journal of Microbiology, 2023 - Springer
The global public health burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is intensified by
Gram-negative bacteria, which have an additional membrane, the outer membrane (OM) …

An outer membrane porin-lipoprotein complex modulates elongasome movement to establish cell curvature in Rhodospirillum rubrum

S Pöhl, G Giacomelli, FM Meyer, V Kleeberg… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Curved cell shapes are widespread among bacteria and important for cellular motility,
virulence and fitness. However, the underlying morphogenetic mechanisms are still …

Recent advances in bacteria-based cancer treatment

X Wei, M Du, Z Chen, Z Yuan - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer refers to a disease involving abnormal cells that proliferate
uncontrollably and can invade normal body tissue. It was estimated that at least 9 million …