title: Building filaments in the air: aerial morphogenesis in bacteria and fungi.
abstract: To disperse their spores to new sites, filamentous fungi and bacteria need to erect aerial filaments, which develop into fruiting bodies and spore-bearing structures. The first challenge to aerial development is breaking surface tension at an aqueous-air interface, and in both groups of microorganisms, surface-active proteins take part in the initiation of aerial morphogenesis. Comparative analysis of fungi and bacteria is providing new insights into the means by which aerial filamentation is accomplished.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK. melliot@mcmaster.ca
authors.forename: Marie A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Elliot
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Talbot
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005658:Fungi / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D025301:Hyphae / Q000254:growth & development*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009024:Morphogenesis; D013501:Surface-Active Agents
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D013501:Surface-Active Agents