Abstract Iron-sulfur (Fe/S) proteins are present in virtually all living organisms and are
involved in numerous cellular processes such as respiration, photosynthesis, metabolic …

All living cells sense and respond to changes in external or internal conditions. Without that
cognitive capacity, they could not obtain nutrition essential for growth, survive inevitable …

Background The metabolic capacity, stress response and evolution of uncultured
environmental Tenericutes have remained elusive, since previous studies have been largely …

Mycoplasmas as economically important and pantropic pathogens can cause similar clinical
diseases in different hosts by eluding host defense and establishing their niches despite …

Mycoplasma bovis causes many health and welfare problems in cattle. Due to the absence
of clear insights regarding transmission dynamics and the lack of a registered vaccine in …

Numerous antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance studies have been conducted in
North American feedlot cattle to investigate the major bacterial pathogens of the bovine …

Contagious agalactia (CA) is a disease caused equally by four Mycoplasma species, in
single or mixed infections. Clinical signs are multiple, including mastitis, arthritis …

Nucleomodulins are secreted bacterial proteins whose molecular targets are located in host
cell nuclei. They are gaining attention as critical virulence factors that either modify the …

Horizontal Gene Transfer was long thought to be marginal in Mycoplasma a large group of
wall-less bacteria often portrayed as minimal cells because of their reduced genomes (ca …

Mycoplasmas are small, genome-reduced bacteria. They are obligate parasites that can be
found in a wide range of host species, including the majority of livestock animals and …