Decreased antimicrobial efficiency has become a global public health issue. The paucity of
new antibacterial drugs is evident, and the arsenal against infectious diseases needs to be …

Biofilms are microbial communities characterized by their adhesion to solid surfaces and the
production of a matrix of exopolymeric substances, consisting of polysaccharides, proteins …

The most common prokaryotic signal transduction mechanisms are the one-component
systems in which a single polypeptide contains both a sensory domain and a DNA-binding …

For more than a century, vibriosis affects various species of economically important cultured
marine fishes around the globe. The knowledge of this bacterial disease on many species of …

Quorum sensing is a cell-cell communication process in which bacteria use the production
and detection of extracellular chemicals called autoinducers to monitor cell population …

Vibrio anguillarum, also known as Listonella anguillarum, is the causative agent of vibriosis,
a deadly haemorrhagic septicaemic disease affecting various marine and fresh/brackish …

We have developed a general profile for the proteins of the TetR family of repressors. The
stretch that best defines the profile of this family is made up of 47 amino acid residues that …

Aim: This study investigated the quorum sensing, biofilm and type three secretion system
(TTSS) inhibitory properties of citrus flavonoids. Methods and Results: Flavonoids were …

The production of black pigments in bacteria was discovered more than a century ago and
related to tyrosine metabolism. However, their diverse biological roles and the control of …

Many bacteria appear to communicate by releasing and sensing autoinducer molecules,
which are believed to function primarily as sensors of population density. However, this …