Dual functionality of the TasA amyloid protein in Bacillus physiology and fitness on the phylloplane
J. Camara-Almiron, Y. Navarro, M. C. Magno-Perez-Bryan, C. Molina-Santiago, J. R. Pearson, L. Diaz-Martinez, A. de Vicente, A. Perez-Garcia, D. Romero
This study identifies two distinct roles of TasA in Bacillus subtilis: structural ECM formation and membrane dynamics stabilization during stationary phase, impacting biofilm formation and phylloplane survival.
bioRxiv · May 27, 2019Microbiology