Unraveling the Role of Surface Mucus-Binding Protein and Pili in Muco-Adhesion of Lactococcus lactis

Single-Cell Force Spectroscopy of Probiotic Bacteria

(2013) Audrey Beaussart et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mining the “glycocode”—exploring the spatial distribution of glycans in gastrointestinal mucin using force spectroscopy

(2013) A. Patrick Gunning et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Surface Proteome Analysis of a Natural Isolate ofLactococcus lactisReveals the Presence of Pili Able to Bind Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells

(2013) Mickael Meyrand et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

Real-time investigation of the muco-adhesive properties ofLactococcus lactisusing a quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring

(2012) Doan Thanh Lam Le et al.   BIOFOULING

Dynamics of detachment of Escherichia coli from plasma-mediated coatings under shear flow

(2012) Muriel Mercier-Bonin et al.   BIOFOULING

Pilus Biogenesis in Lactococcus lactis: Molecular Characterization and Role in Aggregation and Biofilm Formation

(2012) Virginie Oxaran et al.   PLoS One

Measuring Kinetic Dissociation/Association Constants Between Lactococcus lactis Bacteria and Mucins Using Living Cell Probes

(2011) Doan Thanh Lam Le et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Orientation and detachment dynamics of Bacillus spores from stainless steel under controlled shear flow: Modelling of the adhesion force

(2011) M. Mercier-Bonin et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Use of GFP to trace the colonization of Lactococcus lactis WH-C1 in the gastrointestinal tract of mice

(2011) Yanping Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Microbial adhesins to gastrointestinal mucus

(2011) Nathalie Juge   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Genome-scale diversity and niche adaptation analysis of Lactococcus lactis by comparative genome hybridization using multi-strain arrays

(2011) Roland J. Siezen et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Mucosal Adhesion Properties of the Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG SpaCBA and SpaFED Pilin Subunits

(2010) I. von Ossowski et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Isopeptide Bonds Block the Mechanical Extension of Pili in PathogenicStreptococcus pyogenes

(2010) Jorge Alegre-Cebollada et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Probing In Vitro Interactions betweenLactococcus lactisand Mucins Using AFM

(2010) Etienne Dague et al.   LANGMUIR

Strain-specific diversity of mucus-binding proteins in the adhesion and aggregation properties of Lactobacillus reuteri

(2010) D. A. MacKenzie et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Genes but Not Genomes Reveal Bacterial Domestication of Lactococcus Lactis

(2010) Delphine Passerini et al.   PLoS One

The two mucus layers of colon are organized by the MUC2 mucin, whereas the outer layer is a legislator of host-microbial interactions

(2010) M. E. V. Johansson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Muc2 Protects against Lethal Infectious Colitis by Disassociating Pathogenic and Commensal Bacteria from the Colonic Mucosa

(2010) Kirk S. B. Bergstrom et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Intra- and Interspecies Conjugal Transfer of Tn916-Like Elements from Lactococcus lactis In Vitro and In Vivo

(2009) J. Boguslawska et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of the Biomechanical Properties of T4 Pili Expressed byStreptococcus pneumoniae-A Comparison between Helix-like and Open Coil-like Pili

(2009) Mickaël Castelain et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Evaluation of adhesion force between functionalized microbeads and protein-coated stainless steel using shear-flow-induced detachment

(2009) Muriel Mercier-Bonin et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Comparative genomic analysis of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG reveals pili containing a human- mucus binding protein

(2009) M. Kankainen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Staphylococcus aureus-Fibronectin Interactions with and without Fibronectin-Binding Proteins and Their Role in Adhesion and Desorption

(2008) C.-P. Xu et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Pili in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria — structure, assembly and their role in disease

(2008) T. Proft et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Surface physicochemical analysis of natural Lactococcus lactis strains reveals the existence of hydrophobic and low charged strains with altered adhesive properties

(2008) Efstathios Giaouris et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Pili in Gram-positive bacteria: assembly, involvement in colonization and biofilm development

(2008) Anjali Mandlik et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY