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Cross-talk mechanisms in biofilm formation and responses to environmental and physiological stress in Escherichia coliPaolo Landini
Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Milan, Via Celoria 22, 20133 Milan, Italy
Res Microbiol 160:259-66. 2009..Regulatory mechanisms of this process include two-component regulatory systems, master regulators such as the rpoS gene and signal molecules such as cyclic-di-GMP, in a tight and complex interplay...
Molecular mechanisms of compounds affecting bacterial biofilm formation and dispersalPaolo Landini
Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 86:813-23. 2010..Finally, we discuss the activation of biofilm dispersal as a novel mode of action for anti-biofilm compounds...
The yddV-dos operon controls biofilm formation through the regulation of genes encoding curli fibers' subunits in aerobically growing Escherichia coliLetizia Tagliabue
Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 59:477-84. 2010..coli, and suggest that YddV and Dos, through their opposite activities, might finely tune curli production in response to oxygen availability...
The diguanylate cyclase YddV controls production of the exopolysaccharide poly-N-acetylglucosamine (PNAG) through regulation of the PNAG biosynthetic pgaABCD operonLetizia Tagliabue
Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
Microbiology 156:2901-11. 2010..coli, c-di-GMP biosynthesis by a given DGC protein triggers regulatory events that lead to activation of specific sets of EPS biosynthetic genes or proteins...
Cellulose modulates biofilm formation by counteracting curli-mediated colonization of solid surfaces in Escherichia coliLuciana Gualdi
Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Milan, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
Microbiology 154:2017-24. 2008..coli MG1655...
Monitoring of diguanylate cyclase activity and of cyclic-di-GMP biosynthesis by whole-cell assays suitable for high-throughput screening of biofilm inhibitorsDavide Antoniani
Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 85:1095-104. 2010....
The pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthetic pathway modulates production of biofilm determinants in Escherichia coliMarco Garavaglia
Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
PLoS ONE 7:e31252. 2012....
In vitro transcription profiling of the σS subunit of bacterial RNA polymerase: re-definition of the σS regulon and identification of σS-specific promoter sequence elementsAnna Maciag
Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Nucleic Acids Res 39:5338-55. 2011..Indeed, site-directed mutagenesis experiments confirmed that an A/T bias in the -10/+1 region could improve promoter recognition by Eσ(S)...
Biofilm formation-gene expression relay system in Escherichia coli: modulation of sigmaS-dependent gene expression by the CsgD regulatory protein via sigmaS protein stabilizationLuciana Gualdi
Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Milan, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
J Bacteriol 189:8034-43. 2007..Direct coordination between biofilm formation and expression of the rpoS regulon could positively impact important biological processes, such as host colonization or response to environmental stresses...
Growth in glucose-based medium and exposure to subinhibitory concentrations of imipenem induce biofilm formation in a multidrug-resistant clinical isolate of Acinetobacter baumanniiElisabetta Nucleo
Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
BMC Microbiol 9:270. 2009..Acinetobacter baumannii is emerging as an important nosocomial pathogen. Multidrug resistance, as well as ability to withstand environmental stresses, makes eradication of A. baumannii difficult, particularly from hospital settings...
Effects of chronic sub-lethal oxidative stress on biofilm formation by Azotobacter vinelandiiFederica Villa
Dipartimento di Scienze per gli Alimenti, la Nutrizione e l Ambiente, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 2, Milano, 20133, Italy
Biofouling 28:823-33. 2012..A continuous exogenous source of ROS increased biofilm formation in UW136. Overall, chronic sub-lethal oxidative events promoted sessile behavior in A. vinelandii...
