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

Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2022 · 18 citations · 25 references

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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.

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