ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2020
Bacterial Membrane Vesicles as Mediators of Microbe - Microbe and Microbe - Host Community Interactions.
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167 citing papers in PubMed, 248 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles as Regulators of the Gut Microbiome-Circadian Axis in Inflammatory and Metabolic Diseases.Journal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2026Review
- Quorum sensing rewires membrane vesicle protein cargo to promote antibiotic persistence inJournal of bacteriology · 2026Article
- Eravacycline and omadacycline Rescue multidrug-resistant Elizabethkingia anophelis: Triple-Model evaluation across in Vitro, Galleria mellonella, and murine bacteremia systems.Journal of advanced research · 2026Article
- Effect of gut bacterial extracellular vesicles on angiogenic potential and vascular integrity: positive and negative aspects.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026Review
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- Phosphate Limitation Modulates Vibrio Cholerae Outer Membrane Vesicle Formation, Composition and Toxicity.Journal of extracellular biology · 2026Article
- Engineered Extracellular Vesicles for Treatment of Inflammatory Diseases.Molecular biotechnology · 2026Review
- Membrane Vesicle-Mediated Delivery of Antibacterial Lipopeptides byACS chemical biology · 2026Article
- Melanin nanoparticles-loaded lactobacillus fermentum exosomes for targeted and visualized treatment of ulcerative colitis.Journal of advanced research · 2026Article
- Membrane Vesicles from Lacticaseibacillus Casei BL23 Exhibit Antimicrobial Activity Against Escherichia coli and Immunostimulatory Effects on Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells.Advanced healthcare materials · 2026Article
- Periplasmic crowding and peptidoglycan hydrolase activity as drivers of outer membrane vesiculation in Acinetobacter baumannii.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Genomic perspectives on the global dissemination of Elizabethkingia anophelis: unveiling inherent multidrug resistance and virulence determinants.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Harnessing Bacterial Lipid Coatings on Gold Nanoparticles for Enhanced Cell Adhesion Applications.Small science · 2026Article
- Strain-Specific microRNA Reprogramming of Human Dendritic Cells by Probiotic and CommensalMicroorganisms · 2026Article
- From gatekeepers to mitochondrial mischief: how bacterial outer membrane proteins crash the host cell party.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2026Review
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Abstract
Bacterial membrane vesicles are proteoliposomal nanoparticles produced by both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. As they originate from the outer surface of the bacteria, their composition and content is generally similar to the parent bacterium's membrane and cytoplasm. However, there is ample evidence that preferential packaging of proteins, metabolites, and toxins into vesicles does occur. Incorporation into vesicles imparts a number of benefits to the cargo, including protection from degradation by other bacteria, the host organism, or environmental factors, maintenance of a favorable microenvironment for enzymatic activity, and increased potential for long-distance movement. This enables vesicles to serve specialized functions tailored to changing or challenging environments, particularly in regard to microbial community interactions including quorum sensing, biofilm formation, antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial peptide expression and deployment, and nutrient acquisition. Additionally, based on their contents, vesicles play crucial roles in host-microbe interactions as carriers of virulence factors and other modulators of host cell function. Here, we discuss recent advances in our understanding of how vesicles function as signals both within microbial communities and between pathogenic or commensal microbes and their mammalian hosts. We also highlight a few areas that are currently ripe for additional research, including the mechanisms of selective cargo packaging into membrane vesicles and of cargo processing once it enters mammalian host cells, the function of vesicles in transfer of nucleic acids among bacteria, and the possibility of engineering commensal bacteria to deliver cargo of interest to mammalian hosts in a controlled manner.
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