As part of their life cycle, neutralophilic bacteria are often exposed to varying environmental
stresses, among which fluctuations in pH are the most frequent. In particular, acid …

Background Bacteria within family S24-7 (phylum Bacteroidetes) are dominant in the mouse
gut microbiota and detected in the intestine of other animals. Because they had not been …

The Gram-positive soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis encounters changing environmental
conditions in its habitat. The access to oxygen determines the mode of energy generation. A …

Autotrophic ammonia oxidation is performed by two distinct groups of microorganisms:
ammonia-oxidising archaea (AOA) and ammonia-oxidising bacteria (AOB). AOA outnumber …

Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive, food-borne pathogen that lives a biphasic
lifestyle, cycling between the environment and as a facultative intracellular pathogen of …

The ability of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis to regulate their cytoplasmic pH is well
studied in cell suspensions but is poorly understood in individual adherent cells and …

Intracellular zinc levels are tightly regulated since zinc is an essential cofactor for numerous
enzymes, yet can be toxic when present in excess. The majority of intracellular zinc is tightly …

Microbial consortia play a key role in human health, bioenergy, and food manufacturing due
to their strong stability, robustness and versatility. One of the microbial consortia consisting …

Methylglyoxal (MG) is a toxic by‐product of glycolysis that damages DNA and proteins
ultimately leading to cell death. Protection from MG is often conferred by a glutathione …

Type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) which widely distributed in G ram‐negative bacteria have
been primarily studied in the context of cell interactions with eukaryotic hosts or other …