Microbial Primer: An introduction to biofilms – what they are, why they form and their impact on built and natural environments

le Bamford, Natalie C., MacPhee, Cait E., Stanley-Wall, Nicola R.
Foilsithe in Microbiology (Reading) (2023)

Structural Basis for the De-N-acetylation of Poly-β-1,6-N-acetyl-d-glucosamine in Gram-positive Bacteria

le Little, Dustin J., Bamford, Natalie C., Pokrovskaya, Varvara, Robinson, Howard, Nitz, Mark, Howell, P. Lynne
Foilsithe in J Biol Chem (2014)

The Protein BpsB Is a Poly-β-1,6-N-acetyl-d-glucosamine Deacetylase Required for Biofilm Formation in Bordetella bronchiseptica

le Little, Dustin J., Milek, Sonja, Bamford, Natalie C., Ganguly, Tridib, DiFrancesco, Benjamin R., Nitz, Mark, Deora, Rajendar, Howell, P. Lynne
Foilsithe in J Biol Chem (2015)

Modification and periplasmic translocation of the biofilm exopolysaccharide poly-β-1,6-N-acetyl-d-glucosamine

le Little, Dustin J., Li, Grace, Ing, Christopher, DiFrancesco, Benjamin R., Bamford, Natalie C., Robinson, Howard, Nitz, Mark, Pomès, Régis, Howell, P. Lynne
Foilsithe 2014

Molecular mechanism of Aspergillus fumigatus biofilm disruption by fungal and bacterial glycoside hydrolases

le Le Mauff, François, Bamford, Natalie C., Alnabelseya, Noor, Zhang, Yongzhen, Baker, Perrin, Robinson, Howard, Codée, Jeroen D. C., Howell, P. Lynne, Sheppard, Donald C.
Foilsithe in J Biol Chem (2019)

Lateral interactions govern self-assembly of the bacterial biofilm matrix protein BslA

le Arnaouteli, Sofia, Bamford, Natalie C., Brandani, Giovanni B., Morris, Ryan J., Schor, Marieke, Carrington, Jamie T., Hobley, Laura, van Aalten, Daan M. F., Stanley-Wall, Nicola R., MacPhee, Cait E.
Foilsithe in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2023)

PgaB orthologues contain a glycoside hydrolase domain that cleaves deacetylated poly-β(1,6)-N-acetylglucosamine and can disrupt bacterial biofilms

le Little, Dustin J., Pfoh, Roland, Le Mauff, François, Bamford, Natalie C., Notte, Christina, Baker, Perrin, Guragain, Manita, Robinson, Howard, Pier, Gerald B., Nitz, Mark, Deora, Rajendar, Sheppard, Donald C., Howell, P. Lynne
Foilsithe in PLoS Pathog (2018)

Ega3 from the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus is an endo-α-1,4-galactosaminidase that disrupts microbial biofilms

le Bamford, Natalie C., Le Mauff, François, Subramanian, Adithya S., Yip, Patrick, Millán, Claudia, Zhang, Yongzhen, Zacharias, Caitlin, Forman, Adam, Nitz, Mark, Codée, Jeroen D. C., Usón, Isabel, Sheppard, Donald C., Howell, P. Lynne
Foilsithe in J Biol Chem (2019)

Structural and biochemical characterization of the exopolysaccharide deacetylase Agd3 required for Aspergillus fumigatus biofilm formation

le Bamford, Natalie C., Le Mauff, François, Van Loon, Jaime C., Ostapska, Hanna, Snarr, Brendan D., Zhang, Yongzhen, Kitova, Elena N., Klassen, John S., Codée, Jeroen D. C., Sheppard, Donald C., Howell, P. Lynne
Foilsithe in Nat Commun (2020)

Sph3 Is a Glycoside Hydrolase Required for the Biosynthesis of Galactosaminogalactan in Aspergillus fumigatus

le Bamford, Natalie C., Snarr, Brendan D., Gravelat, Fabrice N., Little, Dustin J., Lee, Mark J., Zacharias, Caitlin A., Chabot, Josée C., Geller, Alexander M., Baptista, Stefanie D., Baker, Perrin, Robinson, Howard, Howell, P. Lynne, Sheppard, Donald C.
Foilsithe in J Biol Chem (2015)

Microbial glycoside hydrolases as antibiofilm agents with cross-kingdom activity

le Snarr, Brendan D., Baker, Perrin, Bamford, Natalie C., Sato, Yukiko, Liu, Hong, Lehoux, Mélanie, Gravelat, Fabrice N., Ostapska, Hanna, Baistrocchi, Shane R., Cerone, Robert P., Filler, Elan E., Parsek, Matthew R., Filler, Scott G., Howell, P. Lynne, Sheppard, Donald C.
Foilsithe in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2017)

Deacetylation of Fungal Exopolysaccharide Mediates Adhesion and Biofilm Formation

le Lee, Mark J., Geller, Alexander M., Bamford, Natalie C., Liu, Hong, Gravelat, Fabrice N., Snarr, Brendan D., Le Mauff, François, Chabot, Joseé, Ralph, Benjamin, Ostapska, Hanna, Lehoux, Mélanie, Cerone, Robert P., Baptista, Stephanie D., Vinogradov, Evgeny, Stajich, Jason E., Filler, Scott G., Howell, P. Lynne, Sheppard, Donald C.
Foilsithe in mBio (2016)