[HTML][HTML] Campylobacteriosis, salmonellosis, yersiniosis, and listeriosis as zoonotic foodborne diseases: a review

A Chlebicz, K Śliżewska - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Zoonoses are diseases transmitted from animals to humans, posing a great threat to the
health and life of people all over the world. According to WHO estimations, 600 million cases …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial autoaggregation

T Trunk, HS Khalil, JC Leo - AIMS microbiology, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Many bacteria, both environmental and pathogenic, exhibit the property of autoaggregation.
In autoaggregation (sometimes also called autoagglutination or flocculation), bacteria of the …

[HTML][HTML] Type V secretion systems: an overview of passenger domain functions

I Meuskens, A Saragliadis, JC Leo… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Bacteria secrete proteins for different purposes such as communication, virulence functions,
adhesion to surfaces, nutrient acquisition, or growth inhibition of competing bacteria. For …

[HTML][HTML] Matrix metalloproteinases: The sculptors of chronic cutaneous wounds

VR Krishnaswamy, D Mintz, I Sagi - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cutaneous wound healing is a complex mechanism with multiple processes orchestrating
harmoniously for structural and functional restoration of the damaged tissue. Chronic non …

[HTML][HTML] Overcoming Fish Defences: The Virulence Factors of Yersinia ruckeri

A Wrobel, JC Leo, D Linke - Genes, 2019 - mdpi.com
Yersinia ruckeri is the causative agent of enteric redmouth disease, a bacterial infection of
marine and freshwater fish. The disease mainly affects salmonids, and outbreaks have …

Microbiology's next top model: Galleria in the molecular age

H Dinh, L Semenec, SS Kumar, FL Short… - Pathogens and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Galleria mellonella has risen to fame as an invertebrate model organism given its ethical
advantages, low maintenance costs, rapid reproduction time, short life cycle, high number of …

[HTML][HTML] Features of formation of Yersinia enterocolitica biofilms

E Lenchenko, D Lozovoy, A Strizhakov… - Veterinary …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aim: The work aimed to study the morphology of colonies and their comparison by features
of the formation of Yersinia enterocolitica biofilms. Materials and Methods: Bacteria were …

Getting bacteria in shape: synthetic morphology approaches for the design of efficient microbial cell factories

DC Volke, PI Nikel - Advanced Biosystems, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Supported by the tools of contemporary synthetic biology, the field of metabolic engineering
has advanced in its overarching purpose of contributing efficient bioprocesses for the …

InvL, an invasin-like adhesin, is a type II secretion system substrate required for Acinetobacter baumannii uropathogenesis

CD Jackson-Litteken, G Di Venanzio, NH Le, NE Scott… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen of growing concern, as isolates are
commonly multidrug resistant. While A. baumannii is most frequently associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular and Genetic Mechanisms That Mediate Transmission of Yersinia pestis by Fleas

BJ Hinnebusch, CO Jarrett, DM Bland - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The ability to cause plague in mammals represents only half of the life history of Yersinia
pestis. It is also able to colonize and produce a transmissible infection in the digestive tract …