Sensational biofilms: surface sensing in bacteria

Highlights • Motility appendages such as flagella and type IV pili (TFP) can participate in surface sensing for a broad range of bacteria. • Surface sensing can involve both physical and chemical cues. • Studies of P. aeruginosa show that surface sensing starts with the TFP machinery and cAMP signal...

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Published inCurrent opinion in microbiology Vol. 30; pp. 139 - 146
Main Authors O’Toole, George A, Wong, Gerard CL
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2016
Subjects
Bacteria
Biofilms
Nucleotides, Cyclic - metabolism
Pathology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa - genetics
Pseudomonas aeruginosa - physiology
Quorum Sensing
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Summary:Highlights • Motility appendages such as flagella and type IV pili (TFP) can participate in surface sensing for a broad range of bacteria. • Surface sensing can involve both physical and chemical cues. • Studies of P. aeruginosa show that surface sensing starts with the TFP machinery and cAMP signaling. • The cAMP-based program in turns starts a c-di-GMP-based program.
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ISSN:1369-5274
1879-0364
DOI:10.1016/j.mib.2016.02.004