[HTML][HTML] Definitions and guidelines for research on antibiotic persistence

…, JJ Collins, C Dehio, S Fortune, JM Ghigo… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Increasing concerns about the rising rates of antibiotic therapy failure and advances in
single-cell analyses have inspired a surge of research into antibiotic persistence. Bacterial …

Biofilm-related infections: bridging the gap between clinical management and fundamental aspects of recalcitrance toward antibiotics

D Lebeaux, JM Ghigo, C Beloin - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Surface-associated microbial communities, called biofilms, are present in all environments.
Although biofilms play an important positive role in a variety of ecosystems, they also have …

Escherichia coli Biofilms

C Beloin, A Roux, JM Ghigo - Bacterial biofilms, 2008 - Springer
Escherichia coli is a predominant species among facultative anaerobic bacteria of the
gastrointestinal tract. Both its frequent community lifestyle and the availability of a wide array of …

[HTML][HTML] Organised Genome Dynamics in the Escherichia coli Species Results in Highly Diverse Adaptive Paths

…, E Frapy, L Garry, JM Ghigo, AM Gilles, J Johnson… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
The Escherichia coli species represents one of the best-studied model organisms, but also
encompasses a variety of commensal and pathogenic strains that diversify by high rates of …

Natural conjugative plasmids induce bacterial biofilm development

JM Ghigo - Nature, 2001 - nature.com
Horizontal gene transfer is a principal source of evolution leading to change in the ecological
character of bacterial species 1 . Bacterial conjugation 2 , which promotes the horizontal …

Genetic analysis of Salmonella enteritidis biofilm formation: critical role of cellulose

…, B García, J Valle, C Berasain, JM Ghigo… - Molecular …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
We report here a new screening method based on the fluorescence of colonies on calcofluor
agar plates to identify transposon insertion mutants of Salmonella enteritidis that are …

Global impact of mature biofilm lifestyle on Escherichia coli K‐12 gene expression

…, S Molin, G Prensier, B Arbeille, JM Ghigo - Molecular …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The formation of biofilm results in a major lifestyle switch that is thought to affect the expression
of multiple genes and operons. We used DNA arrays to study the global effect of biofilm …

SarA and not σB is essential for biofilm development by Staphylococcus aureus

…, A Toledo‐Arana, C Berasain, JM Ghigo… - Molecular …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation is associated with the production of the polysaccharide
intercellular adhesin (PIA/PNAG), the product of the ica operon. The staphylococcal …

A rapid method for efficient gene replacement in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans

MK Chaveroche, JM Ghigo, C d'Enfert - Nucleic acids research, 2000 - academic.oup.com
The construction of mutant fungal strains is often limited by the poor efficiency of homologous
recombination in these organisms. Higher recombination efficiencies can be obtained by …

Localization of FtsI (PBP3) to the septal ring requires its membrane anchor, the Z ring, FtsA, FtsQ, and FtsL

…, JC Chen, JM Ghigo, D Boyd, J Beckwith - Journal of …, 1999 - Am Soc Microbiol
Assembly of the division septum in bacteria is mediated by several proteins that localize to the
division site. One of these, FtsI (also called penicillin-binding protein 3) of Escherichia coli, …