The human body cannot store zinc reserves, so a deficiency can arise relatively quickly, eg,
through an improper diet. Severe zinc deficiency is rare, but mild deficiencies are common …

All plants are inhabited internally by diverse microbial communities comprising bacterial,
archaeal, fungal, and protistic taxa. These microorganisms showing endophytic lifestyles …

Bacteria adapt to environmental stimuli by adjusting their transcriptomes in a complex
manner, the full potential of which has yet to be established for any individual bacterial …

Land plants directly contact soil through their roots. An enormous diversity of microbes
dwelling in root-associated zones, including endosphere (inside root), rhizoplane (root …

Synthetic biology continues to progress by relying on more robust tools for transcriptional
control, of which promoters are the most fundamental component. Numerous studies have …

By shaping gene expression profiles, small RNAs (sRNAs) enable bacteria to efficiently
adapt to changes in their environment. To better understand how Escherichia coli …

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial pathogen responsible for
significant human morbidity and mortality. Post-transcriptional regulation by small RNAs …

Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium that is capable of colonizing a host for many years, often
for a lifetime. The survival in the gastric environment is enabled by the production of …

SUMMARY A major part of organismal complexity and versatility of prokaryotes resides in
their ability to fine-tune gene expression to adequately respond to internal and external …

Monitoring cellular behavior and eventually properly adapting cellular processes is key to
handle the enormous complexity of today's metabolic engineering questions. Hence …