Recent examples of the use of bacteriophages in controlling bacterial infections are
presented, some of which show therapeutic promise. The therapeutic use of bacteriophages …

Pathogenic bacteria produce an elaborate assortment of extracellular and cell-associated
bacterial products that enable colonization and establishment of infection within a host …

Colanic acid (CA) is an extracellular polysaccharide produced by most Escherichia coli
strains as well as by other species of the family Enterobacteriaceae. We have determined …

One of the most virulent and feared bacterial pathogens is Yersinia pestis, the aetiologic
agent of bubonic plague. Characterization of the O‐antigen gene clusters of 21 serotypes of …

Melioidosis, an infection caused by the Gram‐negative bacterial pathogen Burkholderia
pseudomallei, is endemic in south‐east Asia and northern Australia. Acute septicaemic …

Most bacterial pathogens are resistant to cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) that are
key components of the innate immunity of both vertebrates and invertebrates. In Gram …

The O antigen of Brucella abortus has been described as a major virulence determinant
based on the attenuated survival of fortuitously isolated rough variants. However, the lack of …

The effect of rhamnolipid-biosurfactant produced by Pseudomonas sp. PS-17 on cell surface
structures of Pseudomonas aeruginosa NBIMCC 1390 was studied. The results …

The plasmid-encoded gene cluster for O: 54 O-polysaccharide synthesis in Salmonella
enterica serovar Borreze (rfb O: 54) contains three genes that direct synthesis of a ManNAc …

The nucleotide sequences of two gene clusters, cap5 and cap8, involved in the synthesis of
Staphylococcus aureus type 5 and type 8 capsular polysaccharides (CPs), respectively …