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Leonardo De La Fuente
Researcher at Auburn University
Publications - 75
Citations - 2311
Leonardo De La Fuente is an academic researcher from Auburn University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Xylella fastidiosa & Biofilm. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 67 publications receiving 1878 citations. Previous affiliations of Leonardo De La Fuente include Cornell University & University of Alabama.
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Type I and type IV pili of Xylella fastidiosa affect twitching motility, biofilm formation and cell-cell aggregation.
Yaxin Li,Guixia Hao,Cheryl D. Galvani,Yizhi Meng,Leonardo De La Fuente,Harvey C. Hoch,Thomas J. Burr +6 more
TL;DR: Xylella fastidiosa, an important phytopathogenic bacterium, causes serious plant diseases including Pierce's disease of grapevine, and type I and type IV pili of X. fastidioa play different roles in twitching motility, biofilm formation and cell-cell aggregation.
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Calcium Increases Xylella fastidiosa Surface Attachment, Biofilm Formation, and Twitching Motility
TL;DR: The findings indicate that the role of Ca in biofilm formation may be related to the initial surface and cell-to-cell attachment and colonization stages of biofilm establishment, which rely on critical functions by fimbrial structures.
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Assessing Adhesion Forces of Type I and Type IV Pili of Xylella fastidiosa Bacteria by Use of a Microfluidic Flow Chamber
Leonardo De La Fuente,Emilie Montanes,Yizhi Meng,Yaxin Li,Thomas J. Burr,Harvey C. Hoch,Mingming Wu +6 more
TL;DR: The experimental results demonstrate that microfluidic flow chambers are useful and convenient tools for assessing the drag forces necessary for detaching bacterial cells and that with specific pilus mutants, the role of the pilus type can be further assessed.
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Biofilm formation by the fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare: development and parameters affecting surface attachment.
TL;DR: The virulence potential of biofilm was confirmed by cutaneous inoculation of channel catfish fingerlings with mature biofilm, and several physicochemical parameters modulate attachment to surfaces, with the largest influence being exerted by hardness, salinity, and the presence of mannose.
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Antagonistic activity among 2,4‐diacetylphloroglucinol‐producing fluorescent Pseudomonas spp.
Shamil Validov,Olga V. Mavrodi,Leonardo De La Fuente,Alexander M. Boronin,David M. Weller,Linda S. Thomashow,Dmitri V. Mavrodi +6 more
TL;DR: Greenhouse assays indicated that populations of sensitive strains in wheat rhizosphere soil declined more rapidly in the presence of antagonists than when introduced alone.