Phospholipid vesicles play important roles in biological systems. Bacteria are one of the
most abundant organisms on Earth, and bacterial membrane vesicles (MVs) were first …

The role of gut microbiota both in human health and in disease is the subject of intense
investigation. The interactions between gut microbiota and the host involve a complex …

Tannerella forsythia is the only 'red‐complex'bacterium covered by an S‐layer, which has
been shown to affect virulence. Here, outer membrane vesicles (OMV s) enriched with …

The extracellular matrix of microbial biofilms is critical for surface adhesion and nutrient
homeostasis. Evidence is accumulating that extracellular DNA plays a number of important …

Neurons and especially their synapses often project long thin processes that can invaginate
neighboring neuronal or glial cells. These “invaginating projections” can occur in almost any …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an exquisitely adapted, strictly human pathogen and the causative
agent of the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea. This ancient human disease remains a …

Materials and Methods: Ten patients were recruited who fulfilled the inclusion criteria (teeth
requiring extraction with radiographic horizontal bone loss of over 50% and grade II/III …

More than a century ago, the notion of" virus" was introduced to designate infectious agents
invisible to the light microscope and capable of passing through" sterilizing" filters. In …

Plasmids confer genes encoding clinically relevant antibiotic resistance. It was hypothesised
that the AcrAB-TolC multidrug resistance efflux pump was required for clinically relevant …

More than a century ago, the notion of" virus" was introduced to designate infectious agents
invisible to the light microscope and capable of passing through" sterilizing" filters. In …