Flagellar and translocation-associated type III secretion (T3S) systems are present in most
Gram-negative plant-and animal-pathogenic bacteria and are often essential for bacterial …

▪ Abstract Virulence factors of pathogenic bacteria (adhesins, toxins, invasins, protein
secretion systems, iron uptake systems, and others) may be encoded by particular regions of …

Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human
history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the …

The vast majority of microorganisms live and grow in aggregated forms such as biofilms and
flocs (“planktonic biofilms”). This mode of existence is lumped in the somewhat inexact but …

The type III secretion injectisome is a complex nanomachine that allows bacteria to deliver
protein effectors across eukaryotic cellular membranes. In recent years, significant progress …

The emergence and increasing prevalence of bacterial strains that are resistant to available
antibiotics demand the discovery of new therapeutic approaches. Targeting bacterial …

The development of innovative targeted therapeutic approaches are expected to surpass the
efficacy of current forms of treatments and cause less damage to healthy cells surrounding …

In gram-negative bacterial pathogens, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Yersinia
pseudotuberculosis, cell-to-cell communication via the N-acylhomoserine lactone (AHL) …

Type 3 secretion systems (T3SSs) are essential components of two complex bacterial
machineries: the flagellum, which drives cell motility, and the non-flagellar T3SS (NF-T3SS) …

The 70-kb virulence plasmid enables Yersinia spp.(Yersinia pestis, Y. pseudotuberculosis,
and Y. enterocolitica) to survive and multiply in the lymphoid tissues of their host. It encodes …