Rural communities in developing countries lack access to affordable, reliable, and
sustainable forms of energy, which are essential factors for improving living conditions …

▪ Abstract Microbes produce an extraordinary array of microbial defense systems. These
include classical antibiotics, metabolic by-products, lytic agents, numerous types of protein …

Background Recurrent abdominal pain is a common and costly health‐care problem
attributed, in part, to visceral hypersensitivity. Increasing evidence suggests that gut bacteria …

Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common pathogens of humans and animals,
where it frequently colonizes skin and mucosal membranes. It is of major clinical importance …

Cell‐density‐dependent gene expression appears to be widely spread in bacteria. This
quorum‐sensing phenomenon has been well established in Gram‐negative bacteria, where …

Some lactic acid bacteria (LAB) secrete a polysaccharide polymer. This extracellular
polysaccharide, or 'exopolysaccharide'(EPS), is economically important because it can …

While lactic acid producing fermentation has been utilized to improve the storability,
palatability, and nutritive value of perishable foods for a very long time, only recently have …

Lantibiotics are gene-encoded peptides that contain intramolecular ring structures,
introduced through the thioether containing lanthionine and methyllanthionine residues. The …

Quorum sensing in lactic acid bacteria (LAB) involves peptides that are directly sensed by
membrane-located histidine kinases, after which the signal is transmitted to an intracellular …

Lantibiotics are peptide-derived antimicrobial agents that are ribosomally synthesized and
posttranslationally modified to their biologically active forms. The name lantibiotics was …