Bacteria have developed a large array of motility mechanisms to exploit available resources
and environments. These mechanisms can be broadly classified into swimming in aqueous …

Bacteria and archaea rely on appendages called type IV pili (T4P) to participate in diverse
behaviors including surface sensing, biofilm formation, virulence, protein secretion and …

Photosynthesis is a fundamental biogeochemical process, thought to be restricted to a few
bacterial and eukaryotic phyla. However, understanding the origin and evolution of …

Microbial communities and their associated bioactive compounds,–are often disrupted in
conditions such as the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). However, even in well …

The predatory deltaproteobacterium Myxococcus xanthus uses a helically-trafficked motor at
bacterial focal-adhesion (bFA) sites to power gliding motility. Using total internal reflection …

The emergence of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens is a growing threat to global
public health. Here, we report the development and characterization of a panel of nine …

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a microbial predator that offers promise as a living antibiotic for
its ability to kill Gram-negative bacteria, including human pathogens. Even after six decades …

The type II secretion system (T2SS) is a multi‐protein complex used by many bacteria to
move substrates across their cell membrane. Substrates released into the environment …

Most microbes in the biosphere are attached to surfaces, where they experience mechanical
forces due to hydrodynamic flow and cell-to-substratum interactions. These forces likely …

Plant pathogenic fungi colonizing living plant tissue secrete a cocktail of effector proteins to
suppress plant immunity and reprogramme host cells. Although many of these effectors …