The Glycine-Glucolipid of Alcanivorax borkumensis Is Resident to the Bacterial Cell Wall
Jiaxin Cui, Georg Hölzl, Tobias Karmainski, Till Tiso, Sonja Kubicki, Stephan Thies, Lars M. Blank, Karl‐Erich Jaeger, Peter Dörmann
Abstract
cells increases by producing the glycine-glucolipid, allowing the cells to attach to the alkane-water interface and form a biofilm. We found no evidence for a glycine-free form of the glucolipid.
Topics & Concepts
GlycineBiologyChemistryGeneticsAmino acidMicrobial bioremediation and biosurfactantsMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionEnzyme Structure and Function