From: Prokaryotic microvesicles Ortholog of eukaryotic extracellular vesicles in biomedical fields
Functions | Domain | Species | References |
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Delivery of toxic factors to eukaryotes/prokaryotes | Gram-negative bacteria | Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bordetella pertussis, Escherichia coli, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitansm, Vibrio cholera, Pseudomonas fragi, Kingella kingae, Salmonella enterica pullorum, Pantoea agglomerans, Proteus vulgaris, Morganella morganii, Phyllobacterium trifolii | |
Exchange of proteins (e.g., OM proteins (OmpA, OmpC, and OmpF), periplasmic proteins (alkaline phosphatase and AcrA), Hemin binding protein C and virulence factors (adhesins, invasins, and other enzymes) between cells | Gram-negative bacteria | Neisseria meningitides, Escherichia coli, Gemmata obscuriglobus, Bartonella henselae | |
Exchange of lipids (e.g., glycerophospholipids, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidyl-glycerol, and cardiolipin) between cells | Gram-negative bacteria | Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas syringae, Myxococcus xanthus | |
Gram-positive bacteria | Bacillus anthracis, Staphylococcus aureus | ||
Biofilm production | Gram-negative bacteria | Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Helicobacter pylori | |
Response to stress | Gram-negative bacteria | Escherichia coli Salmonella typhimurium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa | |
Transfer of genetic materials (DNA/RNA) | Gram-negative bacteria | Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Borrelia burgdorferi, Haemophilus influenza, Moraxella osloensis, Salmonella typhimurium, Serratia marcescens, Shigella spp. (Shigella dysenteriae, and Shigella flexneri), Shewanella vesiculosa, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Yersinia pestis, and Vibrio cholerae | |
Gram-positive bacteria | Ruminococcus spp. Mycobacteriaceae | ||
Archaea | Thermococcales (Thermococcus kodakarensis, and Nautilia lithotrophica) | ||
Promote antibiotics resistance | Gram-negative bacteria | Porphyromonas gingivalis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas putida, Escherichia coli |