Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) produced by microorganisms represent biological
macromolecules with unfathomable potentials and they are required to be explored further …

Like all sessile organisms, surface-attached communities of bacteria known as biofilms must
release and disperse cells into the environment to colonize new sites. For many pathogenic …

SUMMARY Type IV pili (T4P) are multifunctional protein fibers produced on the surfaces of a
wide variety of bacteria and archaea. The major subunit of T4P is the type IV pilin, and …

Maintenance of periodontal health or transition to a periodontal lesion reflects the
continuous and ongoing battle between the vast microbial ecology in the oral cavity and the …

Abstract Background The Anaerolineae lineage of Chloroflexi had been identified as one of
the core microbial populations in anaerobic digesters; however, the ecological role of the …

Ralstonia solanacearum is a devastating, soil-borne plant pathogen with a global
distribution and an unusually wide host range. It is a model system for the dissection of …

Prokaryotes have engineered sophisticated surface nanomachines that have allowed them
to colonize Earth and thrive even in extreme environments. Filamentous machineries …

Pasteurella multocida was first shown to be the causative agent of fowl cholera by Louis
Pasteur in 1881. Since then, this Gram-negative bacterium has been identified as the …

Pasteurella multocida is an enigmatic pathogen. It is remarkable both for the number and
range of specific disease syndromes with which it is associated, and the wide range of host …

When cultured in broth, fresh clinical isolates of the gram-negative periodontal pathogen
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans form tenaciously adherent biofilm colonies on …