The cidA murein hydrolase regulator contributes to DNA release and biofilm development in Staphylococcus aureus

By Kelly C. Rice, Ethan Mann, Jennifer L. Endres, Elizabeth C. Weiss, J. Cassat, M. Smeltzer, K. Bayles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2007

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Subfields: Genetics, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology

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• Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPSs) in Ocean Systems (2017, background): “Both e DNA and extracellular nucleases, together, may influence the physical consistency of biofilm EPS (Rice et al., 2007; Seper et al., 2011).”
• Assembly and Development of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Matrix (2009, neutral): “aureus [38–40].”
• Signals, Regulatory Networks, and Materials That Build and Break Bacterial Biofilms (2009, background): “aureus biofilms and contributes to the strength of the biofilm matrix (266).”
• Role of Microorganisms in the Remediation of Wastewater in Floating Treatment Wetlands: A Review (2020, background): “For example, Pseudomonas aeruginosa contains a significant amount of DNA to pr vide stability to biofilms [79].”
• Identification of Genes Involved in Polysaccharide-Independent Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation (2010, methodology): “pAJ22 b-galactosidase expression plasmid [23]”
• agr-Mediated Dispersal of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms (2008, background): “aureus biofilm matrix component [24,70], and expression of staphylococcal nuclease is reported to be under control of the agr system [18].”
• Biofilm Dispersal: Mechanisms, Clinical Implications, and Potential Therapeutic Uses (2010, background): “Interestingly, another surfactant, sodium dodecyl sulfate, can also induce central hollowing in P. aeruginosa cell death and DNA release in S. aureus biofilms, although the role of this system in biofilm dispersal has not been investigated (Rice et al., 2007; Mann et al., 2009).”