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A bifunctional ATPase drives tad pilus extension and retraction

scientific article published on 18 December 2019

A new metabolic cell-wall labelling method reveals peptidoglycan in Chlamydia trachomatis.

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A novel effector protein modulates response regulator activity without altering phosphorylation

scientific article published on 01 August 2010

A programmed cell division delay preserves genome integrity during natural genetic transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

scientific article published on 20 November 2017

A versatile class of cell surface directional motors gives rise to gliding motility and sporulation in Myxococcus xanthus

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Accumulation of swimming bacteria near a solid surface.

scientific article published on 28 October 2011

Adhesins Involved in Attachment to Abiotic Surfaces by Gram-Negative Bacteria

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Adhesion of single bacterial cells in the micronewton range

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Anammox Planctomycetes have a peptidoglycan cell wall.

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Author Correction: Fluorescent D-amino-acids reveal bi-cellular cell wall modifications important for Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus predation.

scientific article published on 8 January 2018

Bacterial adhesion at the single-cell level

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Biological consequences and advantages of asymmetric bacterial growth

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Caulobacter crescentus

scientific article published on 01 July 2012

Cell shape dynamics during the staphylococcal cell cycle.

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Characterization of the Caulobacter crescentus holdfast polysaccharide biosynthesis pathway reveals significant redundancy in the initiating glycosyltransferase and polymerase steps.

scientific article published on 29 August 2008

Co-ordinate synthesis and protein localization in a bacterial organelle by the action of a penicillin-binding-protein

scientific article published on 30 October 2013

Comparative genomic evidence for a close relationship between the dimorphic prosthecate bacteria Hyphomonas neptunium and Caulobacter crescentus

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Complete genome sequence of Hirschia baltica type strain (IFAM 1418(T))

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Complex regulatory pathways coordinate cell-cycle progression and development in Caulobacter crescentus.

scientific article published on January 2009

D-Alanine-Controlled Transient Intestinal Mono-Colonization with Non-Laboratory-Adapted Commensal E. coli Strain HS.

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Discovery of chlamydial peptidoglycan reveals bacteria with murein sacculi but without FtsZ

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Diversity Takes Shape: Understanding the Mechanistic and Adaptive Basis of Bacterial Morphology

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Draft Genome Sequence of Prosthecomicrobium hirschii ATCC 27832T

scientific article published on 19 November 2015

Effect of a ctrA promoter mutation, causing a reduction in CtrA abundance, on the cell cycle and development of Caulobacter crescentus.

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Evolutionary determinants of genome-wide nucleotide composition

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Factors essential for L,D-transpeptidase-mediated peptidoglycan cross-linking and β-lactam resistance in Escherichia coli

scientific article published on 21 October 2016

Feedback regulation of Caulobacter crescentus holdfast synthesis by flagellum assembly via the holdfast inhibitor HfiA

scientific article published on 05 October 2018

Fluorescent D-amino-acids reveal bi-cellular cell wall modifications important for Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus predation.

scientific article published on 3 October 2017

Fluorogenic D-amino acids enable real-time monitoring of peptidoglycan biosynthesis and high-throughput transpeptidation assays

scientific article published on 25 February 2019

FtsZ-Dependent Elongation of a Coccoid Bacterium

scientific article published on 06 September 2016

Full color palette of fluorescent d-amino acids for in situ labeling of bacterial cell walls

scientific article published on 7 July 2017

GeneclusterViz: a tool for conserved gene cluster visualization, exploration and analysis.

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Genome sequences of eight morphologically diverse Alphaproteobacteria.

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Getting in the loop: regulation of development in Caulobacter crescentus.

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Host-Polarized Cell Growth in Animal Symbionts

scientific article published on 22 March 2018

Identification of essential alphaproteobacterial genes reveals operational variability in conserved developmental and cell cycle systems.

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Interplay of the serine/threonine-kinase StkP and the paralogs DivIVA and GpsB in pneumococcal cell elongation and division

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Layered Structure and Complex Mechanochemistry Underlie Strength and Versatility in a Bacterial Adhesive.

scientific article published on 6 February 2018

MapZ marks the division sites and positions FtsZ rings in Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Mechanisms of Incorporation for D-Amino Acid Probes That Target Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis

scientific article published on 05 December 2019

Mechanisms of bacterial morphogenesis: evolutionary cell biology approaches provide new insights.

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Mechanisms of chain adsorption on porous substrates and critical conditions of polymer chromatography.

scientific article published on 15 July 2016

Mechanosensing: a regulation sensation

scientific article published on February 2015

MicrobeJ, a tool for high throughput bacterial cell detection and quantitative analysis.

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Microfluidic device for automated synchronization of bacterial cells

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Minimal Peptidoglycan (PG) Turnover in Wild-Type and PG Hydrolase and Cell Division Mutants of Streptococcus pneumoniae D39 Growing Planktonically and in Host-Relevant Biofilms.

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Modes of cell wall growth differentiation in rod-shaped bacteria

scientific article published on October 2013

Molecular mechanisms for the evolution of bacterial morphologies and growth modes

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Mutations in DivL and CckA rescue a divJ null mutant of Caulobacter crescentus by reducing the activity of CtrA.

scientific article published in April 2006

Mutations in Sugar-Nucleotide Synthesis Genes Restore Holdfast Polysaccharide Anchoring to Caulobacter crescentus Holdfast Anchor Mutants.

scientific article published on 20 November 2017

Novel pseudotaxis mechanisms improve migration of straight-swimming bacterial mutants through a porous environment.

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Obstruction of pilus retraction stimulates bacterial surface sensing

scientific article published on 30 June 2017

Obstruction of pilus retraction stimulates bacterial surface sensing.

scientific article published in October 2017

Pathogenic Chlamydia Lack a Classical Sacculus but Synthesize a Narrow, Mid-cell Peptidoglycan Ring, Regulated by MreB, for Cell Division.

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Pbp2x localizes separately from Pbp2b and other peptidoglycan synthesis proteins during later stages of cell division of Streptococcus pneumoniae D39

scientific article published on 21 August 2014

Peptidoglycan O-acetylation is functionally related to cell wall biosynthesis and cell division in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

scientific article published on 28 September 2017

Physiological role of stalk lengthening in Caulobacter crescentus.

scientific article published on 12 April 2013

Polar growth in the Alphaproteobacterial order Rhizobiales.

scientific article published on 17 January 2012

Programmable, Pneumatically Actuated Microfluidic Device with an Integrated Nanochannel Array To Track Development of Individual Bacteria.

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Protein localization and dynamics within a bacterial organelle

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Real-time microscopy and physical perturbation of bacterial pili using maleimide-conjugated molecules

scientific article published on 26 April 2019

Restricted Localization of Photosynthetic Intracytoplasmic Membranes (ICMs) in Multiple Genera of Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria.

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Retraction of DNA-bound type IV competence pili initiates DNA uptake during natural transformation in Vibrio cholerae

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Sequential evolution of bacterial morphology by co-option of a developmental regulator

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Structure of the hexagonal surface layer on Caulobacter crescentus cells

scientific article published on 18 April 2017

Surface contact stimulates the just-in-time deployment of bacterial adhesins

scientific article published on 22 November 2011

Synthesis of fluorescent D-amino acids and their use for probing peptidoglycan synthesis and bacterial growth in situ

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The Molecular Basis of Noncanonical Bacterial Morphology

scientific article published on 19 October 2017

The Two Chemotaxis Clusters in Caulobacter crescentus Play Different Roles in Chemotaxis and Biofilm Regulation

scientific article published on 22 August 2019

The cell wall hydrolase Pmp23 is important for assembly and stability of the division ring in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

scientific article published on 15 May 2018

The mechanism of force transmission at bacterial focal adhesion complexes.

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The scaffolding and signalling functions of a localization factor impact polar development.

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Timescales and Frequencies of Reversible and Irreversible Adhesion Events of Single Bacterial Cells

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Treadmilling by FtsZ filaments drives peptidoglycan synthesis and bacterial cell division

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Treadmilling by FtsZ filaments drives peptidoglycan synthesis and bacterial cell division

c-di-GMP modulates type IV MSHA pilus retraction and surface attachment in Vibrio cholerae

scientific article published on 25 March 2020

“COP26: what is the message for public health?” Response from the Université de Montréal One Health initiative

journal article from 'Canadian Journal of Public Health' published in 2022