Natural bacterial transformation involves the internalization and chromosomal integration of
DNA and has now been documented in∼ 80 species. Recent advances have established …

Bacteria adapt to environmental stimuli by adjusting their transcriptomes in a complex
manner, the full potential of which has yet to be established for any individual bacterial …

Ecological systems are complex assemblies of large numbers of individuals, interacting
competitively under multifaceted environmental conditions. Recent studies using microbial …

Bacteria serve as the central arena for understanding how gene networks and proteins
process information and control cellular behaviors. Recently, much effort has been devoted …

Diversity in adaptive responses is common within species and populations, especially when
the heterogeneity of the frequently large populations found in environments is considered …

Natural DNA transformation is a lateral gene transfer mechanism during which bacteria take
up naked DNA from their environment and stably integrate it in their genome. The proteins …

Due to their very potent antimicrobial activity against diverse food-spoiling bacteria and
pathogens and their favourable biochemical properties, peptide bacteriocins from Gram …

Superdormant spores of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus megaterium were isolated in 4 to 12%
yields following germination with high nutrient levels that activated one or two germinant …

DNA pumps play important roles in bacteria during cell division and during the transfer of
genetic material by conjugation and transformation. The FtsK/SpoIIIE proteins carry out the …

Bacterial survival strategies involve phenotypic diversity which is generated by regulatory
factors and noisy expression of effector proteins. The question of how bacteria exploit …