ReviewCurrent genetics2016
Multifaceted roles of extracellular DNA in bacterial physiology.
Review in Current genetics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.
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54 citing papers in PubMed, 118 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Multitasking functions of bacterial extracellular DNA in biofilms.Journal of bacteriology · 2024Review
- Comprehensive virulence profiling and evolutionary analysis of specificity determinants inmSystems · 2024Article
- Emerging Issues and Initial Insights into Bacterial Biofilms: From Orthopedic Infection to Metabolomics.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Secreted Extracellular Products ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Relic DNA effects on the estimates of bacterial community composition and taxa dynamics in soil.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2023Article
- An atypical GdpP enzyme linking cyclic nucleotide metabolism to osmotic tolerance and gene regulation inFrontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- The Use of Interdisciplinary Approaches to Understand the Biology ofMicroorganisms · 2022Review
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- Regulators of natural competence in Vibrio parahaemolyticus.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2022Article
- Colonization and Infection of Indwelling Medical Devices byInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Bacterial extracellular vesicles and their novel therapeutic applications in health and cancer.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022Review
- How Good are Bacteriophages as an Alternative Therapy to Mitigate Biofilms of Nosocomial Infections.Infection and drug resistance · 2022Review
- Microbial biofilm: formation, architecture, antibiotic resistance, and control strategies.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2021Review
- Removal of eDNA from fabrics using a novel laundry DNase revealed using high-resolution imaging.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Nutrient supplementation experiments with saltern microbial communities implicate utilization of DNA as a source of phosphorus.The ISME journal · 2021Article
- The Role of Extracellular DNA in Microbial Attachment to Oxidized Silicon Surfaces in the Presence of CaLangmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2021Article
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Abstract
In textbooks, DNA is generally defined as the universal storage material for genetic information in all branches of life. Beyond this important intracellular role, DNA can also be present outside of living cells and is an abundant biopolymer in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The origin of extracellular DNA in such ecological niches is diverse: it can be actively secreted or released by prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells by means of autolysis, apoptosis, necrosis, bacterial secretion systems or found in association with extracellular bacterial membrane vesicles. Especially for bacteria, extracellular DNA represents a significant and convenient element that can be enzymatically modulated and utilized for multiple purposes. Herein, we discuss briefly the main origins of extracellular DNA and the most relevant roles for the bacterial physiology, such as biofilm formation, nutrient source, antimicrobial means and horizontal gene transfer.
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