Human Gut-Commensalic Lactobacillus ruminis ATCC 25644 Displays Sortase-Assembled Surface Piliation: Phenotypic Characterization of Its Fimbrial Operon through In Silico Predictive Analysis and Recombinant Expression in Lactococcus lactis

Piliation of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Promotes Adhesion, Phagocytosis, and Cytokine Modulation in Macrophages

(2015) Cynthia E. Vargas García et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Pilins in gram-positive bacteria: A structural perspective

(2015) Vengadesan Krishnan   IUBMB LIFE

Group B Streptococcus pili mediate adherence to salivary glycoproteins

(2015) Jane L. Brittan et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

How bacterial pathogens colonize their hosts and invade deeper tissues

(2015) David Ribet et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and its SpaC pilus adhesin modulate inflammatory responsiveness and TLR-related gene expression in the fetal human gut

(2015) Kriston Ganguli et al.   PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

Biofilm formation by Streptococcus agalactiae: influence of environmental conditions and implicated virulence factors

(2015) Roberto Rosini et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Epithelial Adhesion Mediated by Pilin SpaC Is Required for Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG-Induced Cellular Responses

(2014) Courtney S. Ardita et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A Comparative Pan-Genome Perspective of Niche-Adaptable Cell-Surface Protein Phenotypes in Lactobacillus rhamnosus

(2014) Ravi Kant et al.   PLoS One

Phenotypical Analysis of the Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Fimbrial spaFED Operon: Surface Expression and Functional Characterization of Recombinant SpaFED Pili in Lactococcus lactis

(2014) Johanna Rintahaka et al.   PLoS One

Adhesion and Nanomechanics of Pili from the Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

(2013) Prachi Tripathi et al.   ACS Nano

Pfam: the protein families database

(2013) Robert D. Finn et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Using Recombinant Lactococci as an Approach to Dissect the Immunomodulating Capacity of Surface Piliation in Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

(2013) Ingemar von Ossowski et al.   PLoS One

Lactobacillus paracasei Comparative Genomics: Towards Species Pan-Genome Definition and Exploitation of Diversity

(2013) Tamara Smokvina et al.   PLoS One

Genomic Adaptation of the Lactobacillus casei Group

(2013) Hidehiro Toh et al.   PLoS One

Role of sortase-dependent pili of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 in modulating bacterium-host interactions

(2013) F. Turroni et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Characterization of the SpaCBA Pilus Fibers in the Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

(2012) Justus Reunanen et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Analysis of the Lactobacillus casei supragenome and its influence in species evolution and lifestyle adaptation

(2012) Jeff R Broadbent et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Toll-like Receptor (TLR) 2 Mediates Inflammatory Responses to Oligomerized RrgA Pneumococcal Pilus Type 1 Protein

(2012) Alan Basset et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Characterization of Pro-Inflammatory Flagellin Proteins Produced by Lactobacillus ruminis and Related Motile Lactobacilli

(2012) B. Anne Neville et al.   PLoS One

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

(2012) Virginie Oxaran et al.   PLoS One

Pili of Gram-positive bacteria: roles in host colonization

(2012) Camille Danne et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Functional Analysis of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Pili in Relation to Adhesion and Immunomodulatory Interactions with Intestinal Epithelial Cells

(2011) Sarah Lebeer et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Functional Characterization of a Mucus-Specific LPXTG Surface Adhesin from Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

(2011) Ingemar von Ossowski et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus ruminis SPM0211, Isolated from a Fecal Sample from a Healthy Korean

(2011) S. Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Genome sequences and comparative genomics of two Lactobacillus ruminis strains from the bovine and human intestinal tracts

(2011) Brian M Forde et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

SignalP 4.0: discriminating signal peptides from transmembrane regions

(2011) Thomas Nordahl Petersen et al.   NATURE METHODS

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

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

Alpha- and β-casein components of host milk induce biofilm formation in the mastitis bacterium Streptococcus uberis

(2010) Emilia Varhimo et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of a Gene Cluster for the Biosynthesis of a Long, Galactose-Rich Exopolysaccharide in Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Functional Analysis of the Priming Glycosyltransferase

(2009) S. Lebeer et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Lactobacillus saerimneriandLactobacillus ruminis: novel human-derived probiotic strains with immunomodulatory activities

(2009) Malai Taweechotipatr et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

A Foreign Protein Incorporated on the Tip of T3 Pili in Lactococcus lactis Elicits Systemic and Mucosal Immunity

(2009) B. R. Quigley et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

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

A group B streptococcal pilus protein promotes phagocyte resistance and systemic virulence

(2008) Heather C. Maisey et al.   FASEB JOURNAL