2024
Outer membrane vesicles and the outer membrane protein OmpU govern Vibrio cholerae biofilm matrix assembly
Potapova A, Garvey W, Dahl P, Guo S, Chang Y, Schwechheimer C, Trebino M, Floyd K, Phinney B, Liu J, Malvankar N, Yildiz F. Outer membrane vesicles and the outer membrane protein OmpU govern Vibrio cholerae biofilm matrix assembly. MBio 2024, 15: e03304-23. PMID: 38206049, PMCID: PMC10865864, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03304-23.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBiofilm matrix assemblyOuter membrane proteinsOuter membrane protein OmpUOuter membrane vesiclesBiofilm formationBiofilm matrixMatrix assemblyMatrix proteinsBiofilm architectureExtracellular DNAPresence of outer membrane proteinsCausative agent of choleraMembrane vesiclesAgent of choleraBiofilm matrix proteinsBiofilm matrix componentsVibrio cholerae</i>Single-cell force spectroscopyCell surface adhesion forceMatrix proteomeVibrio cholerae</i>.OmpUHuman pathogensMicrobial communitiesEnvironmental survival
2015
Functional environmental proteomics: elucidating the role of a c-type cytochrome abundant during uranium bioremediation
Yun J, Malvankar NS, Ueki T, Lovley DR. Functional environmental proteomics: elucidating the role of a c-type cytochrome abundant during uranium bioremediation. The ISME Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal Of Microbial Ecology 2015, 10: 310-320. PMID: 26140532, PMCID: PMC4737924, DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsC-type cytochromesGeobacter spOuter-surface c-type cytochromesTight phylogenetic groupDissimilatory metal-reducing microorganismsProteomic studiesPhylogenetic groupsMetal-reducing microorganismsPhylogenetic clustersGenomic DNAFunctional analysisStrain M18Apparent functionClade 1Uranium bioremediationGeobacter sulfurreducensConductive piliGel separationCytochromeGenomeSpBioremediation experimentsCytochrome aPure cultureSubsurface environments