Serratia species, in particular Serratia marcescens, are significant human pathogens. S.
marcescens has a long and interesting taxonomic, medical experimentation, military …

Found widespread around the globe, Serratia are Gram-negative bacteria capable of
thriving in a diverse number of environments that include water, soil, and the digestive tracts …

Legionella pneumophila, the etiological agent of Legionnaires' disease, replicates
intracellularly in protozoan and human hosts. Successful colonization and replication of this …

Porphyromonas gingivalis, a Gram‐negative oral pathogen, has been shown to induce
apoptosis in human gingival epithelial cells, yet the underlining cellular mechanisms …

Emfourin (M4in) is a protein metalloprotease inhibitor recently discovered in the bacterium
Serratia proteamaculans and the prototype of a new family of protein protease inhibitors with …

The Gram-negative bacterium and opportunistic pathogen Serratia marcescens causes
ocular infections in healthy individuals. Secreted protease activity was characterized from 44 …

Cell membrane rafts form signaling platforms on the cell surface, controlling numerous
protein–protein and lipid–protein interactions. Bacteria invading eukaryotic cells trigger cell …

Protealysin is a thermolysin‐like protease of Serratia proteamaculans capable of specifically
cleaving actin, which correlates with the invasive activity of these bacteria. Here, we show …

Serratia proteamaculans synthesizes the intracellular metalloprotease protealysin. This work
was aimed at searching for bacterial substrates of protealysin among the proteins …

The article reviews the discovery, properties and functional activities of new bacterial
enzymes, proteases grimelysin (ECP 32) of Serratia grimesii and protealysin of Serratia …