Toxin-Antitoxin systems eliminate defective cells and preserve symmetry in B acillus subtilis biofilms

Not so simple, not so subtle: the interspecies competition between Bacillus simplex and Bacillus subtilis and its impact on the evolution of biofilms

(2016) Gili Rosenberg et al.   npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Metabolic co-dependence gives rise to collective oscillations within biofilms

(2015) Jintao Liu et al.   NATURE

Disturbance of the bacterial cell wall specifically interferes with biofilm formation

(2015) Tabitha Bucher et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Acetic Acid Acts as a Volatile Signal To Stimulate Bacterial Biofilm Formation

(2015) Yun Chen et al.   mBio

Following the Fate of Bacterial Cells Experiencing Sudden Chromosome Loss

(2015) Maya Elbaz et al.   mBio

Molecular mechanisms involved inBacillus subtilisbiofilm formation

(2014) Benjamin Mielich-Süss et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Biofilm dispersal: deciding when it is better to travel

(2014) Thomas K. Wood   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A Plasmid-Encoded Phosphatase Regulates Bacillus subtilis Biofilm Architecture, Sporulation, and Genetic Competence

(2013) V. Parashar et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Escherichia coli toxin gene hipA affects biofilm formation and DNA release

(2013) J. Zhao et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Preventing Bacterial Suicide: A Novel Toxin-Antitoxin Strategy

(2013) Monica Markovski et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Discovery of Functional Toxin/Antitoxin Systems in Bacteria by Shotgun Cloning

(2013) Hila Sberro et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Sticking together: building a biofilm the Bacillus subtilis way

(2013) Hera Vlamakis et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial programmed cell death: making sense of a paradox

(2013) Kenneth W. Bayles   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Small molecules are natural triggers for the disassembly of biofilms

(2013) Yaara Oppenheimer-Shaanan et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Antitoxin MqsA Represses Curli Formation Through the Master Biofilm Regulator CsgD

(2013) Valerie W. C. Soo et al.   Scientific Reports

The control of death and lysis in staphylococcal biofilms: a coordination of physiological signals

(2012) Marat R Sadykov et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN 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

Selective translation during stress in Escherichia coli

(2012) Isabella Moll et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

Toxins-antitoxins: diversity, evolution and function

(2011) Finbarr Hayes et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Bacillus subtilisMazF-bs (EndoA) is a UACAU-specific mRNA interferase

(2011) Jung-Ho Park et al.   FEBS LETTERS

A novel family of toxin/antitoxin proteins inBacillusspecies

(2011) Laura E. Holberger et al.   FEBS LETTERS

A Toxin-Antitoxin Module in Bacillus subtilis Can Both Mitigate and Amplify Effects of Lethal Stress

(2011) Xiangli Wu et al.   PLoS One

An update onPseudomonas aeruginosabiofilm formation, tolerance, and dispersal

(2010) Morten Harmsen et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

An epigenetic switch governing daughter cell separation in Bacillus subtilis

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

A widespread family of polymorphic contact-dependent toxin delivery systems in bacteria

(2010) Stephanie K. Aoki et al.   NATURE

Abundance of type I toxin–antitoxin systems in bacteria: searches for new candidates and discovery of novel families

(2010) Elizabeth M. Fozo et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

D-Amino Acids Trigger Biofilm Disassembly

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

The Metabolic Enzyme ManA Reveals a Link between Cell Wall Integrity and Chromosome Morphology

(2010) Maya Elbaz et al.   PLoS Genetics

Small RNAs and Small Proteins Involved in Resistance to Cell Envelope Stress and Acid Shock in Escherichia coli: Analysis of a Bar-Coded Mutant Collection

(2009) E. C. Hobbs et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Cannibalism enhances biofilm development inBacillus subtilis

(2009) Daniel López et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A Differential Effect of E. coli Toxin-Antitoxin Systems on Cell Death in Liquid Media and Biofilm Formation

(2009) Ilana Kolodkin-Gal et al.   PLoS One

Escherichia coli MazF Leads to the Simultaneous Selective Synthesis of Both “Death Proteins” and “Survival Proteins”

(2009) Shahar Amitai et al.   PLoS Genetics

Medical biofilms

(2008) James D. Bryers   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

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

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

Physiological heterogeneity in biofilms

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