S. T. Islam

The paper identifies CglD as a β-integrin-like adhesin in Myxococcus xanthus that stabilizes bacterial focal adhesions and enables gliding motility through mechanosensory and mechanotransductory functions.

The paper identifies three structural classes of bacterial OPX proteins and shows that some use β-barrel porins for polysaccharide secretion when they cannot span the outer membrane.

The paper shows that BPS secretion alters EPS glycocalyx stability, affecting cell motility and biofilm structure in M. xanthus.

The paper identifies CglB as a substratum-coupling protein secreted by the gliding complex in Myxococcus xanthus, revealing a mechanism for force transduction and a novel secretion process.

The paper shows that Myxococcus xanthus uses temporally and spatially controlled polysaccharide secretion to coordinate multicellular behaviors like swarm migration and biofilm formation.

This paper develops chitosan films for single-cell microfluidics to study bacterial growth and antibiotic susceptibility, achieving faster and more accurate results than current methods.