The capacity to actively release genetic material into the extracellular environment has been
reported for bacteria, archaea, fungi, and in general, for microbial communities, but it is also …

Dental plaque is the key etiological agent in caries formation and the development of the
prevalent chronic oral inflammatory disease, periodontitis. The dental plaque biofilm …

Neutrophils, the first line of the host's defense, use a variety of antimicrobial mechanisms to
fight invading pathogens. One of the most crucial is the production of neutrophil extracellular …

Abstract The 9‐and 12‐dimethylaminophenyl‐substituted berberine derivatives 3 a and 3 b
were readily synthesized by Suzuki‐Miyaura reactions and shown to be useful fluorescent …

The incidence of melioidosis cases caused by the gram-negative pathogen Burkholderia
pseudomallei (BP) is seeing an increasing trend that has spread beyond its previously …

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a drug-resistant human pathogen
causes several nosocomial as well as community-acquired infections involving biofilm …

The mouse epididymis is a long tubule connecting the testis to the vas deferens. Its primary
functions are to mature spermatozoa into motile and fertile cells and to protect them from …

Most bacteria in natural ecosystems form biofilms-a bacterial community, surrounded by a
polymer matrix that consists mostly of exopolysaccharides, proteins, and nucleic acids …

Reactions templated by nucleic acids are currently at the heart of applications in biosensing
and drug release. The number of chemical reactions selectively occurring only in the …

Bacterial infection form a growing health problem worldwide, requiring novel strategies to
prevent and treat bacterial infections. This thesis aims to learn from the natural defense …