Autophagy, a cellular homeostatic process, which ensures cellular survival under various
stress conditions, has catapulted to the forefront of innate defense mechanisms during …

The marine environment encompasses a huge biological diversity and can be considered
as an underexplored location for prospecting bioactive molecules. In this review, the current …

Among the diversity of insect-parasitic nematodes, entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs)
are distinct, cooperating with insect-pathogenic bacteria to kill insect hosts. EPNs have …

Transmission pathways have fundamental influence on microbial symbiont persistence and
evolution. For example, the core gut microbiome of honey bees is transmitted socially and …

Vestimentiferan tubeworms are iconic animals that present as large habitat-forming
chitinized tube bushes in deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems. They are gutless and …

Drosophila suzukii Matsumura is an invasive species of vinegar fly that has become a
prominent pest of berries and other soft-skinned fruits. Unlike most other Drosophila species …

The interaction of bacterial pathogens with mammalian hosts leads to a variety of
physiological responses of the interacting partners aimed at an adaptation to the new …

To detect and effectively respond to damage to the cell envelope, Gram-negative bacteria
possess multiple envelope stress responses. Among these, the CpxAR two-component …

Genetic diversity of closely related free-living microorganisms is widespread and underpins
ecosystem functioning, but most evolutionary theories predict that it destabilizes intimate …

Microbial symbiotic communities of marine macro-organisms carry functional metabolic
profiles different to the ones found terrestrially and within surrounding marine environments …