The health and fitness of animals, including humans, are influenced by the presence and
composition of resident microbial communities. The development of rational microbial …

Background Short-read sequencing technologies have made microbial genome sequencing
cheap and accessible. However, closing genomes is often costly and assembling short …

Objective: The principle of the use of leeches is associated with traditional medicine of many
countries and its application has different philosophies for use in different areas of the body …

From insects to mammals, a large variety of animals hold in their intestines complex
bacterial communities that play an important role in health and disease. To further our …

Bacteria have evolved diverse strategies to compete for a niche, including the type VI
secretion system (T6SS), a contact-dependent killing mechanism. T6SSs are common in …

Aeromonas veronii is an emerging pathogen causing severe pathology and mortalities in
European seabass aquaculture in the Aegean Sea, Mediterranean. More than 50 strains of …

Hermetia illucens larvae (black soldier fly larvae, BSFL) convert efficiently organic waste to
high quality biomass. To gain knowledge on the specific functions of gut microbes in this …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are considered a promising new class of anti-infectious
agents. This study reports new antimicrobial peptides derived from the Hirudo medicinalis …

The genetic determinants of bacterial pathogenicity are highly variable between species and
strains. However, a factor that is commonly associated with virulent Gram-negative bacteria …

ABSTRACT Fluoroquinolones (FQs) and ciprofloxacin (Cp) are important antimicrobials that
pollute the environment in trace amounts. Although Cp has been recommended as …