The type VII secretion system of Staphylococcus aureus secretes a nuclease toxin that targets competitor bacteria

Z Cao, MG Casabona, H Kneuper, JD Chalmers… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
… presence of Mg 2+ or Zn 2+ ions. Figure 2f shows that wild-type EsaD specifically degraded
plasmid DNA in the presence of Mg 2… We conclude that EsaD is a Mg 2+ -dependent DNase. …

On-chip microbial culture for the specific detection of very low levels of bacteria

…, Y Roupioz, S Slimani, L Mondani, MG Casabona… - Lab on a Chip, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Microbial culture continues to be the most common protocol for bacterial detection and
identification in medicine and agronomics. Using this process may take days to identify a specific …

Proteomic characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 inner membrane

MG Casabona, Y Vandenbrouck, I Attree, Y Couté - Proteomics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram‐negative bacterium that can inhabit a wide variety of
environments and infect different hosts. Human infections by this microbe are nowadays …

An ABC transporter and an outer membrane lipoprotein participate in posttranslational activation of type VI secretion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

MG Casabona, JM Silverman, KM Sall… - Environmental …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
… Preliminary nanoLC/LC mass spectrometry data performed on inner and outer membrane
fractions (MG Casabona and Y. Couté, unpublished) indicated the presence of TagR, a …

Unique features of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa α2-macroglobulin homolog

M Robert-Genthon, MG Casabona, D Neves, Y Couté… - MBio, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
… (5.4 mg/ml) was recorded. Experiments were performed at concentrations of 2.3 and 8.2
mg/ml for native His 6 -MagD 37 , 0.3 mg/ml for the methylamine-activated form, and 0.6 mg/ml …

Haem-iron plays a key role in the regulation of the Ess/type VII secretion system of Staphylococcus aureus RN6390

MG Casabona, H Kneuper… - …, 2017 - microbiologyresearch.org
The Staphylococcus aureus type VII protein secretion system (T7SS) plays important roles
in virulence and intra-species competition. Here we show that the T7SS in strain RN6390 is …

Functional analysis of the EsaB component of the Staphylococcus aureus Type VII secretion system

MG Casabona, G Buchanan, M Zoltner… - …, 2017 - microbiologyresearch.org
Type VII secretion systems (T7SS) are found in many bacteria and secrete proteins involved
in virulence and bacterial competition. In Staphylococcus aureus the small ubiquitin-like …

[HTML][HTML] A gacS Deletion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cystic Fibrosis Isolate CHA Shapes Its Virulence

KM Sall, MG Casabona, C Bordi, P Huber… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a human opportunistic pathogen, is capable of provoking acute
and chronic infections that are associated with defined sets of virulence factors. During …

PDMS-based porous particles as support beds for cell immobilization: bacterial biofilm formation as a function of porosity and polymer composition

MR Fernandez, MG Casabona, VN Anupama… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2010 - Elsevier
The objective of this work is to test the performance of new synthetic polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-based
bed particles acting as carriers for bacteria biofilms. The particles obtained …

Defining lipoprotein localisation by fluorescence microscopy

MG Casabona, M Robert-Genthon, D Grunwald… - … Systems: Methods and …, 2017 - Springer
… Lysozyme : 20 mg/mL and 2 mg/mL stock solutions. Sterilise by filtration. Store at −20C. …
Magnesium and sucrose also affect spheroplast stability and must be present during imaging. …