Small proteins of 50 amino acids or less have been understudied due to difficulties that
impede their annotation and detection. In order to obtain information on small open reading …

Citrobacter rodentium (Cr) is a mouse pathogen that mimics many aspects of
enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infections including producing attaching and effacing …

Bacillus subtilis is a soil-dwelling, spore-forming bacterium that is also a plant growth-
promoting rhizobacterium (PGPR) and an excellent biological control agent with various …

Nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs) such as IHF, HU, Fis, and H-NS alter the topology of
bound DNA and may thereby affect accessibility of DNA to repair and recombination …

Microorganisms have historically been studied as planktonic or free-swimming cells, but
most exist as sessile communities attached to surfaces, in multicellular assemblies known as …

The biofilm matrix of the rhizospheric bacterium Pseudomonas putida consists mainly of a
proteinaceous component. The two largest P. putida proteins, adhesins LapA and LapF, are …

Pseudouridines are known to be important for optimal translation. In this study we
demonstrate an unexpected link between pseudouridylation of tRNA and mutation …

Root colonization of plant growth-promoting bacteria is a complex multistep process that is
influenced by several factors. For example, during adherence to plant roots, bacteria have to …

The longstanding problem with culture-dependent methods has been a reliance on pre-
enrichment/enrichment steps which often comprise within them background microbial flora …

The coordinated behaviors, at the population level, occur in bacteria due to communication
between the cells, which is defined as quorum sensing (QS). These communications help …