To date the genus Corynebacterium comprises 88 species. More than half of these are
connected to human and animal infections, with the most prominent member of the …

This review is the sixth update of the original article published in 1999 on the application of
MALDI mass spectrometry to the analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates and brings …

Granulomas sit at the center of tuberculosis (TB) immunopathogenesis. Progress in
biomarkers and treatment specific to the human granuloma environment is hindered by the …

The response to iron limitation of several bacteria is regulated by the ferric uptake regulator
(Fur). The Fur-regulated transcriptional, translational and metabolic networks of the Gram …

Legionella pneumophila, the etiological agent of Legionnaires' disease, employs an arsenal
of hundreds of Dot/Icm-translocated effector proteins to facilitate replication within eukaryotic …

Within the Actinobacteria, the genera Corynebacterium, Mycobacterium, Nocardia and
Rhodococcus form the so-called CMNR group, also designated as mycolic acid-containing …

Bacteria of the Corynebacterineae, a suborder of the Actinobacteria, comprise
Mycobacterium, Corynebacterium, Nocardia, Rhodococcus and other genera. This suborder …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell wall consist variety of mannose containing glycoconjugates
including lipomannan (LM) and lipoarabinomannan (LAM). These lipoglycans are involved …

Actinomycete bacteria use polyprenol phosphate mannose as a lipid linked sugar donor for
extra-cytoplasmic glycosyl transferases that transfer mannose to cell envelope polymers …

Bacterial proteomic studies frequently use strains cultured in synthetic liquid media over
many generations. It is uncertain whether bacterial proteins expressed under these …