ArticleJournal of bacteriology2003
Extracellular polysaccharides associated with thin aggregative fimbriae of Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis.
Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
52 citing papers in PubMed, 117 citations in OpenAlex.
- The interactions of natural compounds with Escherichia coli motility, attachment, communication systems, and mature biofilm.Archives of microbiology · 2025Review
- Effects of bcsE, luxS and rfaG genes on the physiology and pathogenicity of Salmonella Typhimurium.Archives of microbiology · 2025Article
- Architectural dissection of adhesive bacterial cell surface appendages from a "molecular machines" viewpoint.Journal of bacteriology · 2024Review
- Only time will tell: lipopolysaccharide glycoform and biofilm-formation kinetics inJournal of bacteriology · 2024Review
- Genomic insights into the evolution, pathogenicity, and extensively drug-resistance of emerging pathogensFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Biofilm Cultivation Models for Efficacy Testing of Disinfectants againstMicroorganisms · 2023Article
- Purification of the Bacterial Amyloid "Curli" fromBio-protocol · 2022Article
- Whole genome sequencing and protein structure analyses of target genes for the detection of Salmonella.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Biofilm Formation, Production of Matrix Compounds and Biosorption of Copper, Nickel and Lead by Different Bacterial Strains.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
- Modulating functional amyloid formation via alternative splicing of the premelanosomal protein PMEL17.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2020Article
- Selection-Driven Gene Inactivation in Salmonella.Genome biology and evolution · 2020Article
- The role of polymers in cross-kingdom bioadhesion.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2019Review
- Parallel evolution leading to impaired biofilm formation in invasive Salmonella strains.PLoS genetics · 2019Article
- Axenic Biofilm Formation and Aggregation byApplied and environmental microbiology · 2019Article
- Cellulose production increases sorghum colonization and the pathogenic potential of Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicans M1.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Exopolymeric substances (EPS) from Salmonella enterica: polymers, proteins and their interactions with plants and abiotic surfaces.Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea) · 2019Review
- sRNA-dependent control of curli biosynthesis in Escherichia coli: McaS directs endonucleolytic cleavage of csgD mRNA.Nucleic acids research · 2018Article
- Bacterial Amyloids.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2018Article
- Metal-Adapted Bacteria Isolated From Wastewaters Produce Biofilms by Expressing Proteinaceous Curli Fimbriae and Cellulose Nanofibers.Frontiers in microbiology · 2018Article
- Overexpression of Outer Membrane Protein X (OmpX) Compensates for the Effect of TolC Inactivation on Biofilm Formation and Curli Production in Extraintestinal PathogenicFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2018Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O polysaccharide was identified as the principle factor impeding intercellular formation of intact thin aggregative fimbriae (Tafi) in Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis. The extracellular nucleation-precipitation assembly pathway for these organelles was investigated by quantifying fimbrial formation between deltaagfA (AgfA recipient) and deltaagfB (AgfA donor) cells harboring mutations in LPS (galE::Tn10) and/or cellulose (deltabcsA) synthesis. Intercellular complementation could be detected between deltaagfA and deltaagfB strains only when both possessed the galE mutation. LPS O polysaccharide appears to be an impenetrable barrier to AgfA assembly between cells but not within individual cells. The presence of cellulose did not restrict Tafi formation between cells. Transmission electron microscopy of w+ S. enterica serovar Enteritidis 3b cells revealed diffuse Tafi networks without discernible fine structure. In the absence of cellulose, however, individual Tafi fibers were clearly visible, appeared to be occasionally branched, and showed the generally distinctive appearance described for Escherichia coli K-12 curli. A third extracellular matrix component closely associated with cellulose and Tafi was detected on Western blots by using immune serum raised to whole, purified Tafi aggregates. Cellulose was required to tightly link this material to cells. Antigenically similar material was also detected in S. enterica serovar Typhimurium and one diarrheagenic E. coli isolate. Preliminary analysis indicated that this material represented an anionic, extracellular polysaccharide that was distinct from colanic acid. Therefore, Tafi in their native state appear to exist as a complex with cellulose and at least one other component.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.