Roles for cell wall glycopeptidolipid in surface adherence and planktonic dispersal of Mycobacterium avium
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The core glycopeptidolipid (GPL) in biofilm formation by mutants of Mycobacterium avium with transposon insertions into pstAB was examined using three model systems. The analysis has shown that GPLs are directly or indirectly required for colonization of some surfaces and they might also play a different role by facilitating the survival or dispersal of nonadherent Mycobacterium avium cells in circulating water.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2006
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Cloning, functional characterization, and mode of action of a novel insecticidal pore-forming toxin, sphaericolysin, produced by bacillus sphaericus
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Study is conducted to determine an insecticidal factor produced by Bacillus sphaericusA3-2 and elucidate its mode of action. It is found that the active principle responsible for killing cockroaches.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2007
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