Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) havoc is a global multifaceted crisis endowing a significant
challenge for the successful eradication of devastating pathogens. Methicillin-Resistant …

Bacteria are constantly subjected to stressful conditions, such as antibiotic exposure,
nutrient limitation and oxidative stress. For pathogenic bacteria, adapting to the host …

Cold shock-domain family proteins (Csps) are highly conserved nucleic acid binding
proteins regulating the expression of various genes including those involved in stress …

Listeria monocytogenes has evolved an extensive array of mechanisms for coping with
stress and adapting to changing environmental conditions, ensuring its virulence phenotype …

Staphylococcus aureus produces different secondary cell wall glycopolymers such as wall
teichoic acids (WTA) and capsular polysaccharides (CP). These structures play an important …

Staphylococcus aureus has evolved a complex regulatory network that controls a multitude
of defense mechanisms against the deleterious effects of oxidative stress stimuli …

Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen in both community and health care
settings. One of the challenges with S. aureus as a pathogen is its acquisition of antibiotic …

Background Persister cells comprise a phenotypic variant that shows extreme antibiotic
tolerance resulting in treatment failures of bacterial infections. While this phenomenon has …

Capsular polysaccharide (CP) biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus is tightly controlled
resulting in a heterogeneous phenotype within a population and CP being mainly detectable …

Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen that causes chronic, systemic infections,
and the recalcitrance of these infections is mainly due to the presence of persister cells …