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Bacillus subtilis

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    How Phagocytic Cells Kill Different Bacteria: a Quantitative Analysis Using <span class="named-content genus-species" id="named-content-1">Dictyostelium discoideum</span>
    Editor's Pick Research Article | Host-Microbe Biology
    How Phagocytic Cells Kill Different Bacteria: a Quantitative Analysis Using Dictyostelium discoideum

    Phagocytic cells ingest and kill bacteria, a process essential for the defense of the human body against infections. Many potential killing mechanisms have been identified in phagocytic cells, including free radicals, toxic ions, enzymes, and permeabilizing peptides.

    Tania Jauslin, Otmane Lamrabet, Xenia Crespo-Yañez, Anna Marchetti, Imen Ayadi, Estelle Ifrid, Cyril Guilhen, Matthias Leippe, Pierre Cosson
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    The Unconventional Cytoplasmic Sensing Mechanism for Ethanol Chemotaxis in <span class="named-content genus-species" id="named-content-1">Bacillus subtilis</span>
    Research Article | Molecular Biology and Physiology
    The Unconventional Cytoplasmic Sensing Mechanism for Ethanol Chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis

    Ethanol is a chemoattractant for Bacillus subtilis even though it is not metabolized and inhibits growth. B. subtilis likely uses ethanol to find ethanol-fermenting microorganisms to utilize as prey. Two chemoreceptors sense ethanol: HemAT and McpB. HemAT’s myoglobin-like sensing domain directly...

    Payman Tohidifar, Girija A. Bodhankar, Sichong Pei, C. Keith Cassidy, Hanna E. Walukiewicz, George W. Ordal, Phillip J. Stansfeld, Christopher V. Rao
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    The <em>sps</em> Genes Encode an Original Legionaminic Acid Pathway Required for Crust Assembly in <span class="named-content genus-species" id="named-content-1">Bacillus subtilis</span>
    Research Article | Molecular Biology and Physiology
    The sps Genes Encode an Original Legionaminic Acid Pathway Required for Crust Assembly in Bacillus subtilis

    Bacillus species are a major economic and food safety concern of the food industry because of their food spoilage-causing capability and persistence. Their persistence is mainly due to their ability to form highly resistant spores adhering to the surfaces of industrial equipment. Spores of the Bacillus subtilis group are surrounded by the crust, a superficial...

    Thomas Dubois, Frederic Krzewinski, Nao Yamakawa, Christelle Lemy, Audrey Hamiot, Loïc Brunet, Anne-Sophie Lacoste, Yuryi Knirel, Yann Guerardel, Christine Faille
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    Tumble Suppression Is a Conserved Feature of Swarming Motility
    Observation | Molecular Biology and Physiology
    Tumble Suppression Is a Conserved Feature of Swarming Motility

    Bacteria within a swarm move characteristically in packs, displaying an intricate swirling motion in which hundreds of dynamic rafts continuously form and dissociate as the swarm colonizes an increasing expanse of territory. The demonstrated property of E. coli to reduce its tumble bias and hence increase its run duration during swarming is expected to maintain and...

    Jonathan D. Partridge, Nguyen T. Q. Nhu, Yann S. Dufour, Rasika M. Harshey
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    Cyclic di-GMP Signaling in <span class="named-content genus-species" id="named-content-1">Bacillus subtilis</span> Is Governed by Direct Interactions of Diguanylate Cyclases and Cognate Receptors
    Research Article | Molecular Biology and Physiology
    Cyclic di-GMP Signaling in Bacillus subtilis Is Governed by Direct Interactions of Diguanylate Cyclases and Cognate Receptors

    Second messengers are free to diffuse through the cells and to activate all responsive elements. Cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP) signaling plays an important role in the determination of the life style transition between motility and sessility/biofilm formation but involves numerous distinct synthetases (diguanylate cyclases [DGCs]) or receptor pathways that appear to act in an independent manner. Using...

    Sandra Kunz, Anke Tribensky, Wieland Steinchen, Luis Oviedo-Bocanegra, Patricia Bedrunka, Peter L. Graumann
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    Concerns about Continuing Claims that a Protein Complex Interacts with the Phosphorelay
    Letter to the Editor | Molecular Biology and Physiology
    Concerns about Continuing Claims that a Protein Complex Interacts with the Phosphorelay
    Richard Losick
  • Open Access
    Dynamic Membrane Localization of RNase Y in <span class="named-content genus-species" id="named-content-1">Bacillus subtilis</span>
    Research Article | Molecular Biology and Physiology
    Dynamic Membrane Localization of RNase Y in Bacillus subtilis

    All living organisms must degrade mRNA to adapt gene expression to changing environments. In bacteria, initiation of mRNA decay generally occurs through an endonucleolytic cleavage. In the Gram-positive model organism Bacillus subtilis and probably many other bacteria, the key enzyme for this task is RNase Y, which is anchored at the inner cell membrane. While this...

    Lina Hamouche, Cyrille Billaudeau, Anna Rocca, Arnaud Chastanet, Saravuth Ngo, Soumaya Laalami, Harald Putzer
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    A Bumpy Pathway to Stationary-Phase Survival in <span class="named-content genus-species" id="named-content-1">Bacillus subtilis</span>
    Commentary | Molecular Biology and Physiology
    A Bumpy Pathway to Stationary-Phase Survival in Bacillus subtilis

    Bacillus subtilis cells can mount a number of responses to nutritional deprivation but ultimately either form dormant spores or enter a metabolically quiescent state. In a recent article (mBio 10:e01414-19, https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01414-19, 2019), R. Hashuel and S.

    Wayne L. Nicholson
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    Structure-Function Studies of the <span class="named-content genus-species" id="named-content-1">Bacillus subtilis</span> Ric Proteins Identify the Fe-S Cluster-Ligating Residues and Their Roles in Development and RNA Processing
    Research Article | Molecular Biology and Physiology
    Structure-Function Studies of the Bacillus subtilis Ric Proteins Identify the Fe-S Cluster-Ligating Residues and Their Roles in Development and RNA Processing

    The RicA, RicF, and RicT proteins are widely conserved among the firmicute bacteria and play multiple roles in Bacillus subtilis. Among the phenotypes associated with the inactivation of these proteins are the inability to be genetically transformed or to form biofilms, a decrease in sporulation frequency, and changes in the stability and maturation of multiple RNA...

    Felix Adusei-Danso, Faisal Tarique Khaja, Micaela DeSantis, Philip D. Jeffrey, Eugenie Dubnau, Borries Demeler, Matthew B. Neiditch, David Dubnau
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    Aging of a Bacterial Colony Enforces the Evolvement of Nondifferentiating Mutants
    Editor's Pick Research Article | Molecular Biology and Physiology
    Aging of a Bacterial Colony Enforces the Evolvement of Nondifferentiating Mutants

    Until now, bacterial cells facing nutrient deprivation were shown to enter dormancy as a strategy to survive prolonged stress, with the most established examples being sporulation, stationary phase, and persistence. Here, we uncovered an opposing strategy for long-term bacterial survival, in which mutant subpopulations cope with a challenging niche by proliferating rather than by stalling division. We show that this feature stems from...

    Rachel Hashuel, Sigal Ben-Yehuda

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