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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsBacterial ProteinsBiofilmsDNAExtracellular Polymeric Substance MatrixHumansMembrane ProteinsPolysaccharidesProteomicsVibrio choleraeConceptsBiofilm 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