Bacterial Interactions and Membrane Vesicles

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• *Nagakubo, T., Nishiyama T, Yamamoto T, Nomura N, *Toyofuku M, Contractile injection systems facilitate sporogenic differentiation of Streptomyces davawensis through the action of a phage tapemeasure protein-related effector.  Nature Communications, 15(1) 4442-4442, 2024.

• Toyofuku M, Schild S, Kaparakis-Liaskos M *Eberl L. Composition and functions of  bacterial membrane vesicles. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 21(7) 415-430, 2023

• Nagakubo, T., Tahara YO, Miyata M, *Nomura N, *Toyofuku M, Mycolic acid-containing bacteria trigger distinct types of membrane vesicles through different routes. iScience, 2021, doi:10.1016/j.isci.2020.102015.

• *Toyofuku M, Nomura N, *Eberl L. Types and origins of bacterial membrane vesicles. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 17:13-24, 2019. 

• *Toyofuku M, Cárcamo-Oyarce G, Yamamoto T, Eisenstein F, Hsiao C, Kurosawa M, Gademann K, *Pilhofer M, Nomura N, and *Eberl L. Prophage-triggered membrane vesicle formation through peptidoglycan damage in Bacillus subtilis. Nature Communications, 8:481, 2017. 

• †Turnbull L, †*Toyofuku M, Hynen AL, Kurosawa M, Pessi G, Petty NK, Osvath SR, Cárcamo-Oyarce G, Gloag ES, Shimoni R, Omasits U, Ito S, Yap X, Monahan LG, Cavaliere R, Ahrens CH, Charles IG, Nomura N, *Eberl L and *Whitchurch CB. Explosive cell lysis is a novel mechanism for the biogenesis of membrane vesicles and biofilms. Nature Communications, 7:11220, 2016. 

• Toyofuku M, Morinaga K, Hashimoto Y, Uhl J, Shimamura H, Inaba H, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Eberl L, *Nomura N. Membrane vesicle-mediated bacterial communication. The ISME Journal, 11:1504-1509, 2017.

• Toyofuku M, *Nomura N, Fujii T, Takaya N, Maseda H, Sawada I, Nakajima T Uchiyama H. Quorum sensing regulates denitrification in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Journal of Bacteriology, 189:4969-4972, 2007.

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