Protein export according to schedule: architecture, assembly, and regulation of type III secretion systems from plant-and animal-pathogenic bacteria

D Büttner - Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Flagellar and translocation-associated type III secretion (T3S) systems are present in most
Gram-negative plant-and animal-pathogenic bacteria and are often essential for bacterial …

Tree of motility–A proposed history of motility systems in the tree of life

M Miyata, RC Robinson, TQP Uyeda… - Genes to …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Motility often plays a decisive role in the survival of species. Five systems of motility have
been studied in depth: those propelled by bacterial flagella, eukaryotic actin polymerization …

What Makes a Bacterial Species Pathogenic?:Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Genus Leptospira

DE Fouts, MA Matthias, H Adhikarla… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Leptospirosis, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira, is a globally widespread,
neglected and emerging zoonotic disease. While whole genome analysis of individual …

Structural diversity of bacterial flagellar motors

S Chen, M Beeby, GE Murphy, JR Leadbetter… - The EMBO …, 2011 - embopress.org
The bacterial flagellum is one of nature's most amazing and well‐studied nanomachines. Its
cell‐wall‐anchored motor uses chemical energy to rotate a microns‐long filament and …

Organisms≠ machines

DJ Nicholson - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C …, 2013 - Elsevier
The machine conception of the organism (MCO) is one of the most pervasive notions in
modern biology. However, it has not yet received much attention by philosophers of biology …

[BOOK][B] Marine microbiology: ecology & applications

CB Munn - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
The third edition of this bestselling text has been rigorously updated to reflect major new
discoveries and concepts since 2011, especially progress due to extensive application of …

Stepwise formation of the bacterial flagellar system

R Liu, H Ochman - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Elucidating the origins of complex biological structures has been one of the major
challenges of evolutionary studies. The bacterial flagellum is a primary example of a …

Diving into the complexity of the spirochetal endoflagellum

F San Martin, L Fule, G Iraola, A Buschiazzo… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
Spirochaetes, a phylum that includes medically important pathogens such as the causative
agents of Lyme disease, syphilis, and leptospirosis, are in many ways highly unique …

Propulsive nanomachines: the convergent evolution of archaella, flagella and cilia

M Beeby, JL Ferreira, P Tripp, SV Albers… - FEMS microbiology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Echoing the repeated convergent evolution of flight and vision in large eukaryotes,
propulsive swimming motility has evolved independently in microbes in each of the three …

Flagellar glycosylation–a new component of the motility repertoire?

SM Logan - Microbiology, 2006 - microbiologyresearch.org
The biosynthesis, assembly and regulation of the flagellar apparatus has been the subject of
extensive studies over many decades, with considerable attention devoted to the …