Bacteria can form single-and multispecies biofilms exhibiting diverse features based upon
the microbial composition of their community and microenvironment. The study of bacterial …

Interest in arthropod-borne pathogens focuses primarily on how they cause disease in
humans. How they produce a transmissible infection in their arthropod host is just as critical …

Yersinia pestis is an arthropod-borne bacterial pathogen that evolved recently from Yersinia
pseudotuberculosis, an enteric pathogen transmitted via the fecal-oral route. This radical …

Cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP) is a secondary messenger that controls a variety of cellular
processes, including the switch between a biofilm and a planktonic bacterial lifestyle. This …

Covering: up to the end of 2014 The cyclic dinucleotide c-di-GMP has emerged in the last
decade as a prevalent intracellular messenger that orchestrates the transition between the …

The Rcs phosphorelay system, a non-orthodox two-component regulatory system, integrates
environmental signals, regulates gene expression, and alters the physiological behavior of …

The plague bacillus Yersinia pestis is unique among the pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae in
utilizing an arthropod-borne transmission route. Transmission by fleabite is a recent …

The ability to cause plague in mammals represents only half of the life history of Yersinia
pestis. It is also able to colonize and produce a transmissible infection in the digestive tract …

Multiple genetic changes in the enteric pathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis have driven
the emergence of Yesinia pestis, the arthropod-borne, etiological agent of plague. These …

Hallmarks of Yersinia pathogenesis include the ability to form biofilms on surfaces, the ability
to establish close contact with eukaryotic target cells and the ability to hijack eukaryotic cell …