The Pseudomonas aeruginosa plasmid pUM505 contains the umuDC operon that encodes
proteins similar to error-prone repair DNA polymerase V. The umuC gene appears to be …

The evolutionary forces that create and maintain the awesome diversity observed in
microbial communities and populations are not well understood. For the most part, previous …

Opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses a variety of virulence factors to
cause acute and chronic infections. We previously found that alternate DNA polymerase …

Formation of microcolonies (papillae) permits easy visual screening of mutational events
occurring in single colonies of bacteria. In this study, we have established a novel papillation …

We develop the mathematical structure of the neutral coalescent with both replication-
dependent and replication-independent mutations. This allows us to explain and quantify …

Aim: To examine the possible role of nucleotide excision repair (NER) in affecting the
ultimate mutagenic potency of26-and3, 5-dimethylaniline (DMA) and their metaboliteS …

1. Engleberg NC, Heath A, Miller A, Rivera C, DiRita VJ. Spontaneous mutations in the
CsrRS two-component regulatory system of Streptococcus pyogenes result in enhanced …

Although they are often best known as causative agents of agricultural disease, many
phytopathogen lineages, like Pseudomonas syringae, have been sampled across a wide …

Antibiotic resistance is a major impediment to the treatment of infectious diseases.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, as an intracellular pathogen, must contend with a genotoxic …

Biofilm is a self-assembled community of microbes that showed resilient toward
antimicrobial therapy. Microbial synergism with various other factors such as impermeable …