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Multilamellar and Multivesicular Outer Membrane Vesicles Produced by a Buttiauxella agrestis tolB Mutant.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2020
Takaki Kotaro, Tahara Yuhei O, Nakamichi Nao, Hasegawa Yusuke, Shintani Masaki, Ohkuma Moriya, Miyata Makoto, Futamata Hiroyuki, Tashiro Yosuke
Abstract excerpt
Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are naturally released from Gram-negative bacteria and play important roles in various biological functions. Released vesicles are not uniform in shape, size, or characteristics, and little is known about this diversity of OMVs. Here, we show that deletion of tolB, which encodes a part of the Tol-Pal system, leads to the production of multiple types of vesicles and increases overall...
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