The predominant definition of apoptosis considers that the elimination of the apoptosing cell
is by heterolytic degradation following phagocytosis by an assisting scavenger …

In metazoans apoptosis is a major physiological process of cell elimination during
development and in tissue homeostasis and can be involved in pathological situations. In …

This book puts emphasis on the isolation, taxonomy, diagnosis (phenotypic, serology and
molecular biology), epizootiology, pathogenicity mechanisms, and methods of disease …

The lysogenic bacteriophage APSE infects “Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa,” a facultative
endosymbiont of aphids and other sap-feeding insects. This endosymbiont has established …

Bacterial toxins are virulence factors that manipulate host cell functions and take over the
control of vital processes of living organisms to favor microbial infection. Some toxins directly …

Many bacterial pathogens utilize a type III secretion system (T3SS) to inject virulence effector
proteins into host cells during infection. Previously, we found that enteropathogenic …

The genus Photobacterium, one of the eight genera included in the family Vibrionaceae,
contains 27 species with valid names and it has received attention because of the …

Bacterial AB toxins are secreted key virulence factors that are internalized by target cells
through receptor-mediated endocytosis, translocating their enzymatic domain to the cytosol …

Photobacteriosis or fish pasteurellosis is a bacterial disease affecting wild and farm fish. Its
etiological agent, the gram negative bacterium Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida …

Photobacterium species are Gram-negative coccobacilli which are distributed in marine
habitats worldwide. Some species are unique because of their capability to produce …