Sticking together: building a biofilm the Bacillus subtilis way

RETRACTED: A Self-Produced Trigger for Biofilm Disassembly that Targets Exopolysaccharide

(2012) Ilana Kolodkin-Gal et al.   CELL

Identification of Bacillus subtilis SipW as a Bifunctional Signal Peptidase That Controls Surface-Adhered Biofilm Formation

(2012) R. Terra et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A Bacillus subtilis sensor kinase involved in triggering biofilm formation on the roots of tomato plants

(2012) Yun Chen et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

BslA(YuaB) forms a hydrophobic layer on the surface of Bacillus subtilis biofilms

(2012) Kazuo Kobayashi et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Localized cell death focuses mechanical forces during 3D patterning in a biofilm

(2012) M. Asally et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Osmotic spreading of Bacillus subtilis biofilms driven by an extracellular matrix

(2012) A. Seminara et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Galactose Metabolism Plays a Crucial Role in Biofilm Formation by Bacillus subtilis

(2012) Y. Chai et al.   mBio

Genetic Regulations of the Biosynthesis of Microbial Surfactants: An Overview

(2011) Palashpriya Das et al.   Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering Reviews

Plant protection and growth stimulation by microorganisms: biotechnological applications of Bacilli in agriculture

(2011) Alejandro Pérez-García et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Extracellular signaling and multicellularity in Bacillus subtilis

(2011) Elizabeth Anne Shank et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Evidence that metabolism and chromosome copy number control mutually exclusive cell fates inBacillus subtilis

(2011) Yunrong Chai et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Importance ofeps genes fromBacillus subtilis in biofilm formation and swarming

(2011) K. Nagórska et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED GENETICS

A Novel Factor Controlling Bistability in Bacillus subtilis: the YmdB Protein Affects Flagellin Expression and Biofilm Formation

(2011) C. Diethmaier et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

YuaB Functions Synergistically with the Exopolysaccharide and TasA Amyloid Fibers To Allow Biofilm Formation by Bacillus subtilis

(2011) A. Ostrowski et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Tracing the Domestication of a Biofilm-Forming Bacterium

(2011) A. L. McLoon et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Inhibitory Effects of D-Amino Acids on Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Development

(2011) A. I. Hochbaum et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

An accessory protein required for anchoring and assembly of amyloid fibres in B. subtilis biofilms

(2011) Diego Romero et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Interspecies interactions that result in Bacillus subtilis forming biofilms are mediated mainly by members of its own genus

(2011) E. A. Shank et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Exopolymeric substances (EPS) from Bacillus subtilis : polymers and genes encoding their synthesis

(2010) Massimiliano Marvasi et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

An epigenetic switch governing daughter cell separation in Bacillus subtilis

(2010) Y. Chai et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Functional microdomains in bacterial membranes

(2010) D. Lopez et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Rok Regulates yuaB Expression during Architecturally Complex Colony Development of Bacillus subtilis 168

(2010) A. T. Kovacs et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Transcriptomic and Phenotypic Characterization of a Bacillus subtilis Strain without Extracytoplasmic Function   Factors

(2010) Y. Luo et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Spatial Regulation of Histidine Kinases Governing Biofilm Formation in Bacillus subtilis

(2010) A. L. McLoon et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Biocide Chlorine Dioxide Stimulates Biofilm Formation in Bacillus subtilis by Activation of the Histidine Kinase KinC

(2010) M. Shemesh et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Evolution and Multiplicity of Arginine Decarboxylases in Polyamine Biosynthesis and Essential Role inBacillus subtilisBiofilm Formation

(2010) Matthew Burrell et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Biofilm Dispersal: Mechanisms, Clinical Implications, and Potential Therapeutic Uses

(2010) J.B. Kaplan   JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH

A regulatory RNA required for antitermination of biofilm and capsular polysaccharide operons in Bacillales

(2010) Irnov Irnov et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A field guide to bacterial swarming motility

(2010) Daniel B. Kearns   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial biofilm shows persistent resistance to liquid wetting and gas penetration

(2010) A. K. Epstein et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Imaging mass spectrometry of intraspecies metabolic exchange revealed the cannibalistic factors of Bacillus subtilis

(2010) W.-T. Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Amyloid fibers provide structural integrity to Bacillus subtilis biofilms

(2010) D. Romero et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

D-Amino Acids Trigger Biofilm Disassembly

(2010) I. Kolodkin-Gal et al.   SCIENCE

KinD Is a Checkpoint Protein Linking Spore Formation to Extracellular-Matrix Production in Bacillus subtilis Biofilms

(2010) C. Aguilar et al.   mBio

Biofilms

(2010) D. Lopez et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The EpsE Flagellar Clutch Is Bifunctional and Synergizes with EPS Biosynthesis to Promote Bacillus subtilis Biofilm Formation

(2010) Sarah B. Guttenplan et al.   PLoS Genetics

Plant-Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria

(2009) Ben Lugtenberg et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Application of electro-active biofilms

(2009) Benjamin Erable et al.   BIOFOULING

Evolving concepts in biofilm infections

(2009) Luanne Hall-Stoodley et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Controlling Bacterial Biofilms

(2009) Justin J. Richards et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

GrowingBacillus subtilistendrils sense and avoid each other

(2009) Barry L. James et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Paracrine signaling in a bacterium

(2009) D. Lopez et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

 X Is Involved in Controlling Bacillus subtilis Biofilm Architecture through the AbrB Homologue Abh

(2009) E. J. Murray et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

RemA (YlzA) and RemB (YaaB) Regulate Extracellular Matrix Operon Expression and Biofilm Formation in Bacillus subtilis

(2009) J. T. Winkelman et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Characterization and subcellular localization of a bacterial flotillin homologue

(2009) C. Donovan et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

A pivotal role for the response regulator DegU in controlling multicellular behaviour

(2009) E. J. Murray et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Cannibalism enhances biofilm development inBacillus subtilis

(2009) Daniel López et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Paralogous antirepressors acting on the master regulator for biofilm formation inBacillus subtilis

(2009) Yunrong Chai et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Exoelectrogenic bacteria that power microbial fuel cells

(2009) Bruce E. Logan   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

D-Amino Acids Govern Stationary Phase Cell Wall Remodeling in Bacteria

(2009) H. Lam et al.   SCIENCE

The developmental model of microbial biofilms: ten years of a paradigm up for review

(2009) Russell D. Monds et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Bistability, Epigenetics, and Bet-Hedging in Bacteria

(2008) Jan-Willem Veening et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Control of cell fate by the formation of an architecturally complex bacterial community

(2008) H. Vlamakis et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Influence of the  B Stress Factor and yxaB, the Gene for a Putative Exopolysaccharide Synthase under  B Control, on Biofilm Formation

(2008) K. Nagorska et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

DegU and Spo0A Jointly Control Transcription of Two Loci Required for Complex Colony Development by Bacillus subtilis

(2008) D. T. Verhamme et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Origins of 168, W23, and Other Bacillus subtilis Legacy Strains

(2008) D. R. Zeigler et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Interactions of Bacillus spp. and plants – With special reference to induced systemic resistance (ISR)

(2008) Devendra K. Choudhary et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

A novel regulatory protein governing biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis

(2008) Frances Chu et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

SlrR/SlrA controls the initiation of biofilm formation inBacillus subtilis

(2008) Kazuo Kobayashi   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Physiological heterogeneity in biofilms

(2008) Philip S. Stewart et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Root-Secreted Malic Acid Recruits Beneficial Soil Bacteria

(2008) T. Rudrappa et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Structurally diverse natural products that cause potassium leakage trigger multicellularity in Bacillus subtilis

(2008) D. Lopez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Molecular Clutch Disables Flagella in the Bacillus subtilis Biofilm

(2008) K. M. Blair et al.   SCIENCE

A Cholesterol Biosynthesis Inhibitor Blocks Staphylococcus aureus Virulence

(2008) C.-I Liu et al.   SCIENCE

Ecology and genomics of Bacillus subtilis

(2008) Ashlee M. Earl et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

High-Precision, Whole-Genome Sequencing of Laboratory Strains Facilitates Genetic Studies

(2008) Anjana Srivatsan et al.   PLoS Genetics