The indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has caused considerable
environmental damage over the years. However, the growing demand for food in the coming …

Shigella species are the main cause of bacillary diarrhoea or shigellosis in humans. These
organisms are the inhabitants of the human intestinal tract; however, they are one of the …

Interferons (IFNs) induce an antimicrobial state, protecting tissues from infection. Many
viruses inhibit IFN signaling, but whether bacterial pathogens evade IFN responses remains …

Rickettsia species of the spotted fever group are arthropod-borne obligate intracellular
bacteria that can cause mild to severe human disease. These bacteria invade host cells …

Some pathogenic or symbiotic Gram-negative bacteria can manipulate the ubiquitination
system of the eukaryotic host cell using a variety of strategies. Members of the genera …

The enteric pathogens have evolved to utilize elements from their surroundings to optimize
their infection strategies. A common mechanism to achieve this is to employ intestinal …

Shigella spp. are the causative agent of shigellosis (or bacillary dysentery), a diarrhoeal
disease characterized for the bacterial invasion of gut epithelial cells. Among the 4 species …

Shigella spp. cause hundreds of millions of intestinal infections each year. They target the
mucosa of the human colon and are an important model of intracellular bacterial …

The plasmids from the Université d'Ottawa (pUdOs) are 28 small plasmids each comprising
one of four origins of replication and one of seven selection markers, which together afford …

Mycoplasma species are the smallest prokaryotes capable of self-replication. To investigate
Mycoplasma induced autophagy in mammalian cells, Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) and …