Cellulose with Curli Fimbriae

Recently, the molecular basis of cellulose biosynthesis has been detected in S. typhimurium and other Enterobacteriaceae. With this discovery, however, new questions did arise concerning various aspects such as the mode of cellulose biosynthesis, its regulation, function, epidemiology, structure and interaction of cellulose with other components. At present, answers are only partially available, if at all. The availability of well characterized and fully sequenced strains together with efficient tools for genetic manipulation, however, gives hope that fairly soon light will be shed at least to some aspects of cellulose biosynthesis in Enterobacteriaceae. 

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