Interactions between Bdellovibrio and like organisms and bacteria in biofilms: beyond predator–prey dynamics

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus: a potential ‘living antibiotic’ to control bacterial pathogens

(2021) Francis M. Cavallo et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial predation transforms the landscape and community assembly of biofilms

(2021) Benjamin R. Wucher et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Effects of the prey landscape on the fitness of the bacterial predators Bdellovibrio and like organisms

(2021) Rajesh Sathyamoorthy et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

The Functional Significance of Bacterial Predators

(2021) Bruce A. Hungate et al.   mBio

Community and single cell analyses reveal complex predatory interactions between bacteria in high diversity systems

(2021) Yossi Cohen et al.   Nature Communications

Clearance of Gram-Negative Bacterial Pathogens from the Ocular Surface by Predatory Bacteria

(2021) Eric G. Romanowski et al.   Antibiotics-Basel

Potential Control of Potato Soft Rot Disease by the Obligate Predators Bdellovibrio and Like Organisms

(2020) Daniel Youdkes et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Dual Predation by Bacteriophage and Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus Can Eradicate Escherichia coli Prey in Situations where Single Predation Cannot

(2020) Laura Hobley et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Biotechnological Potential of Bdellovibrio and Like Organisms and Their Secreted Enzymes

(2020) Eleni Bratanis et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Biofilm dispersion

(2020) Kendra P. Rumbaugh et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Insight into the Possible Use of the Predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus as a Probiotic

(2020) Giulia Bonfiglio et al.   Nutrients

To hunt or to rest: prey depletion induces a novel starvation survival strategy in bacterial predators

(2020) Rajesh Sathyamoorthy et al.   ISME Journal

Diffusible Signaling Factor, a Quorum-Sensing Molecule, Interferes with and Is Toxic Towards Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus 109J

(2020) Mohammed Dwidar et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Providing new insights on the biphasic lifestyle of the predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus through genome-scale metabolic modeling

(2020) Cristina Herencias et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Antibiotic resistance in European wastewater treatment plants mirrors the pattern of clinical antibiotic resistance prevalence

(2019) Katariina M. M. Pärnänen et al.   Science Advances

Bacteria and microeukaryotes are differentially segregated in sympatric wastewater microhabitats

(2019) Yossi Cohen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial predation under changing viscosities

(2019) Rajesh Sathyamoorthy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Insight into the roles of packing carriers and ultrasonication in anaerobic side-stream reactor coupled membrane bioreactors: Sludge reduction performance and mechanism

(2019) Yue Zheng et al.   WATER RESEARCH

A Novel Broad-Spectrum Elastase-Like Serine Protease From the Predatory Bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus Facilitates Elucidation of Site-Specific IgA Glycosylation Pattern

(2019) Eleni Bratanis et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Bdellovibrio and Like Organisms Are Predictors of Microbiome Diversity in Distinct Host Groups

(2019) Julia Johnke et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Slow growth determines nonheritable antibiotic resistance in Salmonella enterica

(2019) Mauricio H. Pontes et al.   Science Signaling

Predatory bacteria can protect SKH-1 mice from a lethal plague challenge

(2019) James S. Findlay et al.   Scientific Reports

Viscosity has Dichotomous Effects on Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100 Predation

(2019) Hansol Im et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Inner Workings: Probing predatory bacteria as an antibacterial remedy

(2019) Jyoti Madhusoodanan   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Predatory Myxococcales are widely distributed in and closely correlated with the bacterial community structure of agricultural land

(2019) Wenhui Wang et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Spatial heterogeneity stabilizes predator–prey interactions at the microscale while patch connectivity controls their outcome

(2019) Margarita Petrenko et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100, a predator of Gram-negative bacteria, benefits energetically from Staphylococcus aureus biofilms without predation

(2018) Hansol Im et al.   ISME Journal

Susceptibility of colistin-resistant pathogens to predatory bacteria

(2018) Sonal Dharani et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Biofilms in the Food Industry: Health Aspects and Control Methods

(2018) Serena Galié et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Predation Efficacy of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus on Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Pathogens and Their Corresponding Biofilms

(2017) Yao Sun et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Attack-Phase Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus Responses to Extracellular Nutrients Are Analogous to Those Seen During Late Intraperiplasmic Growth

(2017) Mohammed Dwidar et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

The role of microbial diversity and composition in minimizing sludge production in the oxic-settling-anoxic process

(2017) Galilee U. Semblante et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Phage Inhibit Pathogen Dissemination by Targeting Bacterial Migrants in a Chronic Infection Model

(2017) Sophie E. Darch et al.   mBio

Biofilm formation and control strategies of foodborne pathogens: food safety perspectives

(2017) Xihong Zhao et al.   RSC Advances

Serum albumin and osmolality inhibit Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus predation in human serum

(2017) Hansol Im et al.   Scientific Reports

Measuring and modelling the response of Klebsiella pneumoniae KPC prey to Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus predation, in human serum and defined buffer

(2017) Michelle Baker et al.   Scientific Reports

Isolation and application of predatory Bdellovibrio-and-like organisms for municipal waste sludge biolysis and dewaterability enhancement

(2017) Ran Yu et al.   Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering

Comparison of the bacterial community composition in the granular and the suspended phase of sequencing batch reactors

(2017) Enikö Szabó et al.   AMB Express

Fluorescent D-amino-acids reveal bi-cellular cell wall modifications important for Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus predation

(2017) Erkin Kuru et al.   Nature Microbiology

Effect of predatory bacteria on the gut bacterial microbiota in rats

(2017) Kenneth Shatzkes et al.   Scientific Reports

Complementary Microorganisms in Highly Corrosive Biofilms from an Offshore Oil Production Facility

(2016) Adrien Vigneron et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

BspK, a Serine Protease from the Predatory Bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus with Utility for Analysis of Therapeutic Antibodies

(2016) Eleni Bratanis et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Injections of Predatory Bacteria Work Alongside Host Immune Cells to Treat Shigella Infection in Zebrafish Larvae

(2016) Alexandra R. Willis et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Isolation of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus from a tropical wastewater treatment plant and predation of mixed species biofilms assembled by the native community members

(2016) Shugeng Feng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial predation: 75 years and counting!

(2016) Juana Pérez et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Effects ofBdellovibrioand Like Organisms on Survival and Growth Performance of Juvenile Turbot,Scophthalmus maximus

(2016) Yanbiao Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE WORLD AQUACULTURE SOCIETY

The Underlying Ecological Processes of Gut Microbiota Among Cohabitating Retarded, Overgrown and Normal Shrimp

(2016) Jinbo Xiong et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Bacterial predator–prey dynamics in microscale patchy landscapes

(2016) Felix J. H. Hol et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Stenotrophomonas maltophiliabiofilm reduction byBdellovibrio exovorus

(2016) Ryan M. Chanyi et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Predatory bacteria are nontoxic to the rabbit ocular surface

(2016) Eric G. Romanowski et al.   Scientific Reports

Gut Microbiota Diversity and Human Diseases: Should We Reintroduce Key Predators in Our Ecosystem?

(2016) Alexis Mosca et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Investigating the Responses of Human Epithelial Cells to Predatory Bacteria

(2016) Ajay K. Monnappa et al.   Scientific Reports

Effect of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100 on multispecies oral communities

(2015) Gitte Loozen et al.   ANAEROBE

A holistic view of polyhydroxyalkanoate metabolism in Pseudomonas putida

(2015) Auxiliadora Prieto et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Halobacteriovorax, an underestimated predator on bacteria: potential impact relative to viruses on bacterial mortality

(2015) Henry N Williams et al.   ISME Journal

Tackling antibiotic resistance: the environmental framework

(2015) Thomas U. Berendonk et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Cell-cycle progress in obligate predatory bacteria is dependent upon sequential sensing of prey recognition and prey quality cues

(2015) Or Rotem et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Examining the safety of respiratory and intravenous inoculation of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus and Micavibrio aeruginosavorus in a mouse model

(2015) Kenneth Shatzkes et al.   Scientific Reports

Bdellovibrio and Like Organisms Enhanced Growth and Survival of Penaeus monodon and Altered Bacterial Community Structures in Its Rearing Water

(2014) Huanhuan Li et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Sludge cycling between aerobic, anoxic and anaerobic regimes to reduce sludge production during wastewater treatment: Performance, mechanisms, and implications

(2014) Galilee U. Semblante et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100 guards against Pseudomonas tolaasii brown-blotch lesions on the surface of post-harvest Agaricus bisporus supermarket mushrooms

(2014) Emma B Saxon et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Bacterial Persisters

(2014) Etienne Maisonneuve et al.   CELL

Indole negatively impacts predation byBdellovibrio bacteriovorusand its release from the bdelloplast

(2014) Mohammed Dwidar et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Abundance, diversity and seasonal dynamics of predatory bacteria in aquaculture zero discharge systems

(2014) Prem P. Kandel et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Reclassification of Bacteriovorax marinus as Halobacteriovorax marinus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Bacteriovorax litoralis as Halobacteriovorax litoralis comb. nov.; description of Halobacteriovoraceae fam. nov. in the class Deltaproteobacteria

(2014) S. F. Koval et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Role of Type IV Pili in Predation by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

(2014) Ryan M. Chanyi et al.   PLoS One

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus Inhibits Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation and Invasion into Human Epithelial Cells

(2014) Ajay K. Monnappa et al.   Scientific Reports

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus directly attacks Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus Cystic fibrosis isolates

(2014) Valerio Iebba et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Nucleases inBdellovibrio bacteriovoruscontribute towards efficient self-biofilm formation and eradication of preformed prey biofilms

(2013) Carey Lambert et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

In and out: an analysis of epibiotic vs periplasmic bacterial predators

(2013) Z Pasternak et al.   ISME Journal

Trophic complexity enhances ecosystem functioning in an aquatic detritus-based model system

(2013) Jérémy Jabiol et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Niche Partition of Bacteriovorax Operational Taxonomic Units Along Salinity and Temporal Gradients in the Chesapeake Bay Reveals Distinct Estuarine Strains

(2013) Silvia Pineiro et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Higher Prevalence and Abundance of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus in the Human Gut of Healthy Subjects

(2013) Valerio Iebba et al.   PLoS One

Activity of Bdellovibrio Hit Locus Proteins, Bd0108 and Bd0109, Links Type IVa Pilus Extrusion/Retraction Status to Prey-Independent Growth Signalling

(2013) Michael J. Capeness et al.   PLoS One

Combined application of bacterial predation and carbon dioxide aerosols to effectively remove biofilms

(2012) Mohammed Dwidar et al.   BIOFOULING

Genome analysis of a simultaneously predatory and prey-independent, novel Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus from the River Tiber, supports in silico predictions of both ancient and recent lateral gene transfer from diverse bacteria

(2012) Laura Hobley et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Reward forBdellovibrio bacteriovorusfor preying on a polyhydroxyalkanoate producer

(2012) Virginia Martínez et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bdellovibrio exovorus sp. nov., a novel predator of Caulobacter crescentus

(2012) S. F. Koval et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Specialized Peptidoglycan Hydrolases Sculpt the Intra-bacterial Niche of Predatory Bdellovibrio and Increase Population Fitness

(2012) Thomas R. Lerner et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Effects of Orally Administered Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus on the Well-Being and Salmonella Colonization of Young Chicks

(2011) Robert J. Atterbury et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Prey bacteria shape the community structure of their predators

(2011) Huan Chen et al.   ISME Journal

Predatory Bdellovibrio Bacteria Use Gliding Motility To Scout for Prey on Surfaces

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

Antibiotic resistance of bacterial biofilms

(2010) Niels Høiby et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Predation of human pathogens by the predatory bacteria Micavibrio aeruginosavorus and Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

(2010) A. Dashiff et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Shadowing the Actions of a Predator: Backlit Fluorescent Microscopy Reveals Synchronous Nonbinary Septation of Predatory Bdellovibrio inside Prey and Exit through Discrete Bdelloplast Pores

(2010) A. K. Fenton et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Predation of oral pathogens by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus 109J

(2010) A. Dashiff et al.   Molecular Oral Microbiology

The First Bite— Profiling the Predatosome in the Bacterial Pathogen Bdellovibrio

(2010) Carey Lambert et al.   PLoS One

Impact of sideways and bottom-up control factors on bacterial community succession over a tidal cycle

(2009) A. Chauhan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biofilm formation of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus host-independent derivatives

(2009) Adrian A. Medina et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Proteome-Based Comparative Analyses of Growth Stages Reveal New Cell Cycle-Dependent Functions in the Predatory Bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

(2008) M. Dori-Bachash et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Causes and consequences of plant-associated biofilms

(2008) Thimmaraju Rudrappa et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY