Investigations of antibiotic resistance from an environmental prospective shed new light on a
problem that was traditionally confined to a subset of clinically relevant antibiotic‐resistant …

It has become increasingly and widely recognised that bacteria do not exist as solitary cells,
but are colonial organisms that exploit elaborate systems of intercellular communication to …

Although unicellular, bacteria are highly interactive and employ a range of cell-to-cell
communication or 'quorum sensing (QS)'systems for promoting collective behaviour within a …

Over the last five decades, the overuse of antibiotics has led to widespread resistance in
pathogenic bacteria. This resistance, combined with slow progress in designing new …

▪ Abstract The mechanisms responsible for bacterial gliding motility have been a mystery for
almost 200 years. Gliding bacteria move actively over surfaces by a process that does not …

Serratia sp. ATCC 39006 produces the carbapenem antibiotic, carbapen‐2‐em‐3‐
carboxylic acid and the red pigment, prodigiosin. We have previously reported the …

Covering: up to May 2012The β-lactam antibiotics and related β-lactamase inhibitors are
amongst the most important small molecules in clinical use. Most, but not all, β-lactams …

The discovery that bacterial cells can communicate with each other has led to the realization
that bacteria are capable of exhibiting much more complex patterns of co-operative …

Many bacteria use cell–cell communication to monitor their population density, synchronize
their behaviour and socially interact. This communication results in a coordinated gene …

Covering: up to 2017 The overwhelming majority of antibiotics in clinical use originate from
Gram-positive Actinobacteria. In recent years, however, Gram-negative bacteria have …