Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest challenges for the clinical sector and industry,
environment and societal development. One of the most important pathogens responsible …

Plants engage in mutually beneficial relationships with microbes, such as arbuscular
mycorrhizal fungi or nitrogen-fixing rhizobia, for optimized nutrient acquisition. In return, the …

Activity tests for synthetic antimicrobial compounds are often limited to the minimal inhibitory
concentration assay using standard media and bacterial strains. In this study, a family of …

Biologically active peptides have been attracting increasing attention, whether to improve
the understanding of their mechanisms of action or in the search for new therapeutic drugs …

The rise in antibiotic-resistant strains of clinically important pathogens is a major threat to
global health. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized the urgent need to …

Increasing levels of resistance to conventional antibiotics have led to a search for new
therapeutic options against bacterial infections. Klebsiella pneumoniae is considered a …

Agrobacterium rhizogenes–mediated (ARM) transformation is an efficient and powerful tool
to generate transgenic roots to study root-related biology. For loss-of-function studies …

Antimicrobial peptides are prominent components of the plant immune system acting against
a wide variety of pathogens. Legume plants from the inverted repeat lacking clade (IRLC) …

Biofilm infections are associated with a high mortality risk for patients. Antibiotics perform
poorly against biofilm communities, so high doses and prolonged treatments are often used …

During endosymbiosis, bacteria live intracellularly in the symbiotic organ of their host. The
host controls the proliferation of endosymbionts and prevents their spread to other tissues …