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Table 2 The function of MVs in Gram-negative/positive bacteria and archaea

From: Prokaryotic microvesicles Ortholog of eukaryotic extracellular vesicles in biomedical fields

Functions

Domain

Species

References

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

[51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58]

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

[59,60,61,62]

Exchange of lipids (e.g., glycerophospholipids, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidyl-glycerol, and cardiolipin) between cells

Gram-negative bacteria

Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas syringae, Myxococcus xanthus

[63,64,65]

Gram-positive bacteria

Bacillus anthracis,

Staphylococcus aureus

[66, 67]

Biofilm production

Gram-negative bacteria

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Helicobacter pylori

[68,69,70]

Response to stress

Gram-negative bacteria

Escherichia coli

Salmonella typhimurium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa

[71,72,73]

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

[74,75,76,77,78,79,80]

Gram-positive bacteria

Ruminococcus spp.

Mycobacteriaceae

[81, 82]

Archaea

Thermococcales (Thermococcus kodakarensis, and

Nautilia lithotrophica)

[83, 84]

Promote antibiotics resistance

Gram-negative bacteria

Porphyromonas gingivalis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa,

Pseudomonas putida, Escherichia coli

[85,86,87,88]