Abstract Thermophilic Campylobacter, in particular Campylobacter jejuni, C. coli and C. lari
are the main relevant Campylobacter species for human infections. Due to their high …

Natural competence is the ability of a cell to actively take up and incorporate foreign DNA in
its own genome. This trait is widespread and ecologically significant within the prokaryotic …

Naturally competent bacteria encode sophisticated protein machinery for the uptake and
translocation of exogenous DNA into the cell. If this DNA is integrated into the bacterial …

We demonstrate here that the acquisition of DNase resistance by transforming DNA, often
assumed to indicate transport to the cytoplasm, reflects uptake to the periplasm, requiring a …

Natural transformation (NT) is a major mechanism of horizontal gene transfer in microbial
species that promotes the spread of antibiotic-resistance determinants and virulence factors …

The World Health Organization has estimated the burden of the on-going pandemic of
cholera at 1.3 to 4 million cases per year worldwide in 2016, and a doubling of case-fatality …

Bacteria use extracellular appendages called type IV pili (T4P) for diverse behaviors
including DNA uptake, surface sensing, virulence, protein secretion, and twitching motility …

Organic materials with multiple emissions tunable by external stimuli represent a great
challenge. TTPyr, crystallizing in different polymorphs, shows a very rich photophyisics …

The excessive dissemination of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1), which mediates
resistance to a majority of clinical β-lactam antibiotics, has created a major public health …

Abstract Background: The interdisciplinary One Health (OH) approach recognizes that
human, animal, and environmental health are all interconnected. Its ultimate goal is to …