Bacterial Survival Strategies

This article collection provides both primary research articles as well as review articles from contributors of the symposium "Bacterial Survival Strategies“ held at the University of Tübingen in October 2020. The symposium was organized on the occasion of the end of the DFG-funded research training group GRK1708 "Molecular Principles of Bacterial Survival Strategies“. The articles provide an overview of research activities on this central topic in bacterial physiology in recent years.

Below you will find our series of rolling articles conveniently collected in one place. The list is updated as soon as articles become available, and they are displayed chronologically – with the most recent publication being listed first.

Invited Articles

• The Genetics of Prey Susceptibility to Myxobacterial Predation: A Review, Including an Investigation into Pseudomonas aeruginosa Mutations Affecting Predation by Myxococcus xanthus
  Sydney N. · Swain M.T. · So J.M.T. · Hoiczyk E. · Tucker N.P. · Whitworth D.E.
  Microb Physiol 2021;31:57-66 (DOI:10.1159/000515546)
• Polyhydroxybutyrate: A Useful Product of Chlorotic Cyanobacteria
  Koch M. · Forchhammer K.
  Microb Physiol 2021;31:67-77 (DOI:10.1159/000515617)
• Recovery of Unicellular Cyanobacteria from Nitrogen Chlorosis: A Model for Resuscitation of Dormant Bacteria
  Neumann N. · Doello S. · Forchhammer K.
  Microb Physiol 2021;31:78-87 (DOI:10.1159/000515742)
• Amyloid Proteins in Plant-Associated Microbial Communities
  Gómez-Pérez D. · Chaudhry V. · Kemen A. · Kemen E.
  Microb Physiol 2021;31:88-98 (DOI:10.1159/000516014)
• Bacterial Predation on Cyanobacteria
  Bauer A. · Forchhammer K.
  Microb Physiol 2021;31:99-108 (DOI:10.1159/000516427)
• The Role of hlb-Converting Bacteriophages in Staphylococcus aureus Host Adaption
  Rohmer C. · Wolz C.
  Microb Physiol 2021;31:109-122 (DOI:10.1159/000516645)
• Peptidoglycan Salvage Enables the Periodontal Pathogen Tannerella forsythia to Survive within the Oral Microbial Community
  Hottmann I. · Borisova M. · Schäffer C. · Mayer C.
  Microb Physiol 2021;31:123-134 (DOI:10.1159/000516751)
• Diversity in Starvation Survival Strategies and Outcomes among Heterotrophic Proteobacteria
  Bergkessel M. · Delavaine L.
  Microb Physiol 2021;31:146-162 (DOI:10.1159/000516215)
• The Multiple Roles of Polyphosphate in Ralstonia eutropha and Other Bacteria
  Rosigkeit H. · Kneißle L. · Obruča S. · Jendrossek D.
  Microb Physiol 2021;31:163-177 (DOI:10.1159/000515741)
• Editorial for Article Collection on “Bacterial Survival Strategies”
  Forchhammer K.
  Microb Physiol 2021;31:195-197 (DOI:10.1159/000517629)
• Secondary Metabolites Governing Microbiome Interaction of Staphylococcal Pathogens and Commensals
  Torres Salazar B.O. · Heilbronner S. · Peschel A. · Krismer B.
  Microb Physiol 2021;31:198-216 (DOI:10.1159/000517082)
• Natural Products from Nocardia and Their Role in Pathogenicity
  Engelbrecht A. · Saad H. · Gross H. · Kaysser L.
  Microb Physiol 2021;31:217-232 (DOI:10.1159/000516864)
• Poly- and Monoamine Metabolism in Streptomyces coelicolor: The New Role of Glutamine Synthetase-Like Enzymes in the Survival under Environmental Stress
  Krysenko S. · Matthews A. · Busche T. · Bera A. · Wohlleben W.
  Microb Physiol 2021;31:233-247 (DOI:10.1159/000516644)
• 5-Deoxyadenosine Metabolism: More than “Waste Disposal”
  Rapp J. · Forchhammer K.
  Microb Physiol 2021;31:248-259 (DOI:10.1159/000516105)
• Contribution of the Clp Protease to Bacterial Survival and Mitochondrial Homoeostasis
  Illigmann A. · Thoma Y. · Pan S. · Reinhardt L. · Brötz-Oesterhelt H.
  Microb Physiol 2021;31:260-279 (DOI:10.1159/000517718)
• A Novel Enrichment Culture Highlights Core Features of Microbial Networks Contributing to Autotrophic Fe(II) Oxidation Coupled to Nitrate Reduction
  Huang Y.-M. · Straub D. · Kappler A. · Smith N. · Blackwell N. · Kleindienst S.
  Microb Physiol 2021;31:280-295 (DOI:10.1159/000517083)
• The Formation of Spore-Like Akinetes: A Survival Strategy of Filamentous Cyanobacteria
  Garg R. · Maldener I.
  Microb Physiol 2021;31:296-305 (DOI:10.1159/000517443)
• The Epipeptide Biosynthesis Locus epeXEPAB Is Widely Distributed in Firmicutes and Triggers Intrinsic Cell Envelope Stress
  Popp P.F. · Friebel L. · Benjdia A. · Guillot A. · Berteau O. · Mascher T.
  Microb Physiol 2021;31:306-317 (DOI:10.1159/000516750)

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