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ArticleMicrobial biotechnology2022

Membrane composition and organization of Bacillus subtilis 168 and its genome-reduced derivative miniBacillus PG10.

Amanda Y van Tilburg, Philipp Warmer, Auke J van Heel, Uwe Sauer, Oscar P Kuipers

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Article in Microbial biotechnology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Amanda Y van Tilburg *Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Philipp Warmer *Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Auke J van HeelDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Uwe SauerInstitute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Oscar P KuipersDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5596-7735
University of Groningen · NLETH Zurich · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A form of lateral membrane compartmentalization in bacteria is represented by functional membrane microdomains (FMMs). FMMs are important for various cellular processes and offer application possibilities in microbial biotechnology. We designed a lipidomics method to directly measure relative abundances of lipids in detergent-resistant and detergent-sensitive membrane fractions of the model bacterium Bacillus subtilis 168 and the biotechnologically attractive miniBacillus PG10 strain. Our study supports previous work suggesting that cardiolipin and prenol lipids are enriched in FMMs of B. subtilis. Additionally, structural analysis of acyl chains of major phospholipids indicated that FMMs display increased order and thickness compared with the surrounding bilayer. Despite the 36% genome reduction, membrane and FMM integrity are largely preserved in miniBacillus PG10, as supported by analysis of membrane fluidity, flotillin distribution and gene expression data. The novel insights in FMM architecture reported here will contribute to further explore the biological significance of FMMs and the means by which FMMs can be exploited as heterologous production platforms. Moreover, our lipidomics method enables comparative FMM lipid profiling between different bacteria.

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Bacillus subtilisDetergentsMembrane FluidityMembrane MicrodomainsDetergents

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PMID34856064
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