Attachment of Bacterial Pathogens to a Bacterial Cellulose–Derived Plant Cell Wall Model: A Proof of Concept

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 992-994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle S.F. Tan ◽  
Yi Wang ◽  
Gary A. Dykes
Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1263
Author(s):  
David Stuart Thompson ◽  
Azharul Islam

The extensibility of synthetic polymers is routinely modulated by the addition of lower molecular weight spacing molecules known as plasticizers, and there is some evidence that water may have similar effects on plant cell walls. Furthermore, it appears that changes in wall hydration could affect wall behavior to a degree that seems likely to have physiological consequences at water potentials that many plants would experience under field conditions. Osmotica large enough to be excluded from plant cell walls and bacterial cellulose composites with other cell wall polysaccharides were used to alter their water content and to demonstrate that the relationship between water potential and degree of hydration of these materials is affected by their composition. Additionally, it was found that expansins facilitate rehydration of bacterial cellulose and cellulose composites and cause swelling of plant cell wall fragments in suspension and that these responses are also affected by polysaccharide composition. Given these observations, it seems probable that plant environmental responses include measures to regulate cell wall water content or mitigate the consequences of changes in wall hydration and that it may be possible to exploit such mechanisms to improve crop resilience.


Cellulose ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 1541-1563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Martínez-Sanz ◽  
Patricia Lopez-Sanchez ◽  
Michael J. Gidley ◽  
Elliot P. Gilbert

Soft Matter ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1534-1549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Martínez-Sanz ◽  
Michael J. Gidley ◽  
Elliot P. Gilbert

SANS data of bacterial cellulose and its composites with plant cell wall polysaccharides can be described by a core–shell model which accounts for the distinct solvent accessibility to the ribbons' inner/outer regions.


2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Sze-Fan Tan ◽  
Sean C. Moore ◽  
Rico F. Tabor ◽  
Narelle Fegan ◽  
Sadequr Rahman ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 2218-2230 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. D. T. Phan ◽  
B. A. Williams ◽  
G. Netzel ◽  
D. Mikkelsen ◽  
B. R. D'Arcy ◽  
...  

The metabolic pathways of polyphenol degradation are not influenced by the presence of plant cell walls during in vitro fermentation, but co-fermentation of cell walls may lead to faster microbial metabolism of polyphenols.


2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hojae Yi ◽  
Virendra M Puri ◽  
M Shafayet Zamil

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