Thanks to the exponentially increasing number of publicly available bacterial genome
sequences, one can now estimate the important contribution of integrated viral sequences to …

Bloodstream infections caused by nontyphoidal Salmonella are a major public health
concern in Africa, causing~ 49,600 deaths every year. The most common Salmonella …

Temperate phages are pervasive in bacterial genomes, existing as vertically inherited
islands termed prophages. Prophages are vulnerable to predation of their host bacterium by …

Invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) infections are a leading cause of bacteremia in
Sub-Saharan Africa (sSA), thereby representing a major public health threat. Salmonella …

Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) is a leading cause of
gastroenteritis and bacteraemia worldwide, and a model organism for the study of host …

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium ST313 is a relatively newly emerged sequence
type that is causing a devastating epidemic of bloodstream infections across sub-Saharan …

Background The ST313 sequence type of Salmonella Typhimurium causes invasive non-
typhoidal salmonellosis and was thought to be confined to sub-Saharan Africa. Two distinct …

Carboxysomes are proteinaceous organelles that play essential roles in enhancing carbon
fixation in cyanobacteria and some proteobacteria. These self-assembling organelles …

Bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMVs), as well as OMV-associated small RNAs, have
been demonstrated to play a role in host–pathogen interactions. The presence of larger …

Salmonella enterica is a diverse bacterial pathogen and a primary cause of human and
animal infections. While many S. enterica serovars present a broad host-specificity, several …