Bacterial cellulose biosynthesis: Diversity of operons, subunits, products, and functions

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 545-557

  Römling, Ute ^a   Galperin, Michael Y ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial genomes; Bacterial host interaction; Biofilm structure; Environmental bacteria; Nanocellulose; Polysaccharide export

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GLUCAN; BETA-1,3-D-GLUCAN; CELLULOSE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BCSA GENE; BCSB GENE; BCSC GENE; BCSD GENE; BCSE GENE; BCSF GENE; BCSG GENE; BCSH GENE; BCSK GENE; BCSO GENE; BCSP GENE; BCSQ GENE; BCSR GENE; BCSZ GENE; BGLX GENE; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GLUCONACETOBACTER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GLUCANS; BIOFILMS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELLULOSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLUCONACETOBACTER; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; OPERON; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84940462046     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.05.005     Document Type: Review

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