Molecular Microbiology

Bacterial glycocalyx integrity drives multicellular swarm biofilm dynamism

(DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14803)
Saïdi F, Jolivet NY, Lemon DJ, Nakamura A, Belgrave AM, Garza AG, Veyrier FJ, Islam ST*
(*corresponding author)

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bioRxiv

CglB adhesins secreted at bacterial focal adhesions mediate gliding motility

(DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.22.216333)

Islam ST*, My L, Jolivet NY, Belgrave AM, Fleuchot B, Brasseur G, Faure LM, Sharma G, Lemon DJ, Saïdi F, Fiche J-B, Bratton BP, Singer M, Garza AG, Nollmann M, Shaevitz JW, Mignot T*
(*co-corresponding authors)

PLOS Biology

Modulation of bacterial multicellularity via spatio-specific polysaccharide secretion

18(6):e3000728          (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000728)
Islam ST#*, Vergara Alvarez I#, Saïdi F#, Giuseppi A, Vinogradov E, Sharma G, Espinosa L, Morrone C, Brasseur G, Guillemot J-F, Benarouche A, Bridot J-L, Ravicoularamin G, Cagna A, Gauthier C, Singer M, Fierobe H-P, Mignot T, Mauriello EMF*
(# equal contribution, *co-corresponding authors)

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2016

2019

Nature

mBio

Chitosan films for microfluidic studies of single bacteria and perspectives for antibiotics susceptibility testing

10:e01375-19

Tréguier J#, Bugnicourt L#, Gay G, Diallo M, Islam ST, Toro A, David L, Théodoly O*, Sudre G*, Mignot T*

(# equal contribution, *co-corresponding authors)

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2016

2016

Nature

Nature

The mechanism of force transmission at bacterial focal adhesion complexes

The mechanism of force transmission at bacterial focal adhesion complexes

539:530-535

Faure LM, Fiche JB, Espinosa L, Ducret A, Anantharaman V, Luciano J, Lhospice S, Islam ST, Tréguier J, Sotes M, Kuru E, Van Nieuwenhze MS, Brun YV, Théodoly O, Aravind L, Nollmann M*, Mignot T*

(*co-corresponding authors)

2015

Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology

The mysterious nature of bacterial surface (gliding) motility: a focal adhesion-based mechanism in Myxococcus xanthus

46:143-154

Islam ST, Mignot T*

(*corresponding author)

2014

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Synthesis of bacterial polysaccharides via the Wzx/Wzy-dependent pathway

60:697-716

Islam ST*, Lam JS*

(*co-corresponding authors)

*** One of the journal's "Most Frequently Read Articles" ***

2013

Scientific Reports

Conserved-residue mutations in Wzy affect O-antigen polymerization and Wzz-mediated chain-length regulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

3:3441

Islam ST, Huszczynski SM, Nugent T, Gold AC, Lam JS*

(*corresponding author)

Journal of Bacteriology

The D3 bacteriophage α-polymerase inhibitor (Iap) peptide disrupts O-antigen biosynthesis through mimicry of the chain length regulator Wzz in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

195:4735-4741

Taylor VL, Udaskin ML, Islam ST, Lam JS*

(*corresponding author)

mBio

Proton-dependent gating and proton uptake by Wzx support O-antigen subunit antiport across the bacterial inner membrane

4:e00678-13

Islam ST, Eckford PD, Jones ML, Nugent T, Bear CE, Vogel C, Lam JS*

(*corresponding author)

Environmental Microbiology

Wzx flippase-mediated membrane translocation of sugar polymer precursors in bacteria

15:1001-1015

Islam ST, Lam JS*

(*corresponding author)

MicrobiologyOpen

Topological mapping methods for α-helical bacterial membrane proteins — an update and a guide

2:350-365

Islam ST, Lam JS*

(*corresponding author)

*** Top Article selection by Editor ***

2012

Molecular Microbiology

A cationic lumen in the Wzx flippase mediates anionic O-antigen subunit translocation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

84:1165-1176

Islam ST, Fieldhouse RJ, Anderson EM, Taylor VL, Keates RA, Ford RC, Lam JS*

(*corresponding author)

2011

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Dual conserved periplasmic loops possess essential charge characteristics that support a catch-and-release mechanism of O-antigen polymerization by Wzy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

286:20600-20605

Islam ST, Gold AC, Taylor VL, Anderson EM, Ford RC, Lam JS*

(*corresponding author)

Frontiers in Microbiology

Genetic and functional diversity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipopolysaccharide

2:1-25

Lam JS*, Taylor VL, Islam ST, Hao Y, Kocíncová D

(*corresponding author)

2010

mBio

Membrane topology mapping of the O-antigen flippase (Wzx), polymerase (Wzy), and ligase (WaaL) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 reveals novel domain architectures

1:e00189-10

Islam ST, Taylor VL, Qi M, Lam JS*

(*corresponding author)

2007

Vaccine

Differential productions of lipid virulence factors among BCG vaccine strains and implications on BCG safety

25:8114-8122

Chen JM, Islam ST, Ren H, Liu J*

(*corresponding author)

Molecular Microbiology

Identification of the lipooligosaccharide biosynthetic gene cluster from Mycobacterium marinum

63:1345-1359

Ren H, Dover LG, Islam ST, Alexander DC, Chen JM, Besra GS, Liu J*

(*corresponding author)